Also called Tartaros.
Their story
Tartarus is both a primordial being and the deepest place in the cosmos, as far below Hades as the sky is above the earth. Hesiod says a bronze anvil dropped from heaven would fall nine days to reach the earth, and nine more to reach Tartarus. The defeated Titans were shut there behind bronze gates guarded by the Hundred-Handers. By Gaia, Tartarus fathered the monster Typhon.
Best times to give to them
- None are traditional
- When reading or retelling the myth
What they like being given
- None are traditional; he was a place and power to be feared, not worshipped
- A reflection on justice written and set aside
How to honour them
- Read Hesiod's description of Tartarus and reflect on what the Greeks thought deserved the deepest prison.
- Consider what you would lock away in yourself, and why.
How they can help you
- Understanding Greek ideas of justice
- Reflecting on what is buried
Symbols
- bronze gates
- bronze wall
- anvil
Sources
- Hesiod, Theogony 119, 720-819, 821-822
- Homer, Iliad 8.13-16