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Gaia (mythology)
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| Gaia |
| Primordial Being of the Earth |
|
| Abode |
Earth |
| Consort |
Uranus, Zeus, Pontus, and Poseidon |
| Parents |
Aether and Hemera or Chaos |
| Siblings |
Eros, Erebus, Tartarus, Uranus and Nyx |
| Children |
Cronus, Pontus, the Ourea, Hecatonchires, Cyclopes, Titans, The Gigantes, Nereus, Thaumus, Phorcys, Ceto, Eurybia, and Typhon |
| Roman equivalent |
Terra |
In
Greek mythology,
Gaia (
// or
//; from
Ancient Greek Γαῖα, a poetical form of
Gē Γῆ, "land" or "earth";
[1] also
Gaea, or
Ge) was the personification of the Earth,
[2] one of the
Greek primordial deities.
Gaia was the great mother of all: the primal Greek Mother Goddess;
creator and giver of birth to the Earth and all the Universe; the
heavenly gods, the
Titans and the
Giants were born from her union with
Uranus (the sky), while the sea-gods were born from her union with
Pontus (the sea). Her equivalent in the Roman pantheon was
Terra.
[3]
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