Titans


Titan most often refers to:

  • Titan (mythology), a class of deities who preceded the Olympians in Greek mythology
  • Titan (moon), the largest moon of the planet Saturn

Mythology

  • Helios, Greek sun-deity sometimes referred to as "Titan"

Music

  • Titan , working title of Symphony No. 1 (Mahler)
  • Titan , a 2005 music album by the group 300.000 V.K.

Fiction

Literature

  • Titan (Stephen Baxter novel), a science fiction novel
  • Titan (John Varley), the first book in the science fiction Gaea Trilogy
  • Titan (Ben Bova), a novel in Ben Bova's "Grand Tour" series
  • The Titan , a novel by Theodore Dreiser
  • Titan (Jean Paul), a German early nineteenth century romance novel
  • Star Trek: Titan, a series of Star Trek novels
  • The Titan (collection), a collection of short stories by P. Schuyler Miller
  • Titan (Dune), a group of immortal cymeks in Brian Herbert's and Kevin J. Anderson's book The Butlerian Jihad

Comics

  • Titan (Imperial Guard), a member of the Shi'ar Imperial Guards in the Marvel Universe
  • Titan (DC Comics), the moon of Saturn in the fictional universe of DC Comics
  • Titan (Marvel Comics), the moon of Saturn in the fictional universe of Marvel Comics
  • Titan (Dark Horse Comics), a superhero turned supervillain in the Dark Horse Comics imprint Comics' Greatest World
  • Titan, a New Gods giant from Darkseid's Elite
  • Teen Titans, also known as The Teen Titans , a group of DC Comics superheroes
  • Titan Books, a publisher of comic reprints

Television

  • Titan A.E. , an animated sci-fi space adventure movie
  • Titans (TV series), starring Casper Van Dien and Yasmine Bleeth
  • Titans (Canadian TV series), hosted by Patrick Watson
  • Titan, ruler of an undersea people on Stingray (TV series)
  • Titan, a Gladiator played by Michael O'Hearn in the 2008 TV series American Gladiators
  • Titan, a mecha in the animated series Sym-Bionic Titan
  • Titans, an elite counter-insurgency group in Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
  • Hades, God Titan of the Infershia Pantheon from Mahou Sentai Magiranger

Geography

  • Titan, Bucharest, a neighbourhood
  • Titan metro station, located in the Titan neighbourhood of Bucharest
  • Titan (cave), in Derbyshire, the largest known pitch in the United Kingdom
  • The Titan (Fisher Towers), a natural tower near Moab, Utah
  • Titan, Murmansk Oblast, a village in Russia
  • Titan, Saghar District, Afghanistan

Gaming

  • Age of Mythology: The Titans , an expansion pack to the game Age of Mythology
  • Titan (1988 computer game), an obscure Arkanoid/Breakout-clone made by Titus
  • Titan ( Battlefield 2142 ), huge transport and assault aircraft in Battlefield 2142
  • Titan (Blizzard Entertainment project), project name for a massively multiplayer game
  • Titan ( Dungeons & Dragons ), a Dungeons & Dragons race of Outsiders
  • Titan ( Final Fantasy character), a summoned beast in the Final Fantasy series
  • Titan (game), a fantasy war board game
  • Titan (game engine), a game engine developed by Stainless Steel Studios
  • Titan Legions, units of giant bipedal war machines in the Warhammer 40,000 game universe
  • Titan (world), the Fighting Fantasy Game Books world that was created by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone
  • Titan, a type of main battle bipedal walker carrying a cannon in the Command & Conquer series
  • Titan, one of the 25 unlockable characters in Maxis' Action RPG Darkspore
  • Titan, a unit in Supreme Commander (video game)
  • Titans, the ancient Gods of Heavy Metal in the game Brütal Legend
  • Titans, a class of capital ship in EVE Online , a science-fiction multiplayer online role-playing game

Sports

  • Acadie-Bathurst Titan, hockey team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
  • Gold Coast Titans, Australian rugby league team
  • New York Titans, former name of the New York Jets, an American football team
  • New York Titans (lacrosse), a team in the National Lacrosse League
  • Newport Titans, a rugby league side who play out of Newport, South Wales
  • Orlando Titans, a team in the National Lacrosse League
  • Tennessee Titans, American football team in the National Football League
  • Titans cricket team, the Nashua Titans, a South African cricket team based in Centurion and Benoni
  • Ulster Titans, Rugby Union team based in Belfast, Northern Ireland
  • Victoria Titans, former professional basketball team from Melbourne in the NBL

Companies

  • Titan Aircraft, a company specializing in ultralight aircraft kits
  • Titan Airways, a charter airline
  • Titan Books, a UK publisher of Titan Magazines graphic novels
  • Titan Cement, a Greek multinational company
  • Titan Chemical Corp, a producer of olefins and polyolefins
  • Titan Corp., a private military contractor
  • Titan Industries, an Indian watchmaker
  • Titan Media, American pornographic film company
  • Titan Sports, the former parent company of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)
  • Titan Tire, a U.S. tire manufacturer
  • Titan (Transit Advertising Company), a media sales company specializing in Out-of-Home advertising

Vehicles

  • Titan, a South Devon Railway Gorgon class 4-4-0ST steam locomotive
  • Titan (rocket family)
  • Titan Clydebank, a cantilever crane located in Clydebank, Scotland
  • Cessna 404 Titan II, a small twin-propeller aircraft
  • Chevrolet Titan, a cabover tractor-trailer truck by Chevrolet
  • Floating crane Titan, a floating crane that operated in Sydney Harbour, Australia
  • Leyland Titan (front engined double-decker), a chassis for double-decker buses, made from 1927 to 1970
  • Leyland Titan (B15), a double-decker bus, made from 1977 to 1984
  • Nissan Titan, a pickup truck
  • ST Titan , a Gold Coast tugboat
  • Terex Titan, the prototype of a large dump truck
  • USNS Titan (T-AGOS-15), a ship in the United States Navy
  • Volkswagen Titan, a truck from Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles

In science and technology

  • Kwikset Titan, a former series of enhanced-security locks, renamed Signature Series in the mid-2000s
  • Titan beetle, the largest beetle in the Amazon rainforest
  • HTC Titan, a smartphone running Windows Phone 7 (7.5 Mango) by HTC
  • HTC Titan (Windows Mobile phone), a PDA phone running Windows Mobile (6.0) by HTC
  • Titan (computer), prototype Atlas 2 computer developed in the early 1960s
  • Titan (supercomputer), a planned U.S. supercomputer capable of 20 petaflops, under construction, to become operational in 2012
  • TITAN2D, a software application for simulating granular avalanches
  • Titan, a Facebook internal project publicly called Social Inbox
  • Titan the Robot, an electronically controlled dance and stage performance costume featured in Big Brother 2010 (UK)
  • Titan, an engine test stand series from Horiba

Other uses

  • Titan, a brand of hockey stick produced by The Hockey Company (CCM)
  • Titan (roller coaster), at Six Flags Over Texas
  • Titan, a banknote with a nominal value of 100 million Pounds Sterling
  • Titan (dog), the world's tallest dog
  • A sunflower variety
  • HMH-769, United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron known as Titan

See also

  • Titán, a Mexican electronic band formed in 1992
  • List of sports teams nicknamed Titans
  • Titanic (disambiguation)
  • Titanium, a chemical element named for the titans of Greek mythology
  • Titin, the largest protein known


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