Enkelados (Εγκέλαδος) was one of the Gigantes, son of Gaia and Tartaros, born to oppose Pallas Athena. One of the places Enkelados was mentioned was Nonnus, Dionysiaca 48. 6.
Parents
Gaia (Mother) & Tartaros (Father)
In the Giant War, Enkelados attacked Athena, but the goddess threw the island of Sicily on him, thus not killing him, because a Gigante can only be killed by a god and a human together, but trapping him under Sicily.
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