GAEA: The Earth Goddess

GAEA:The Earth Goddess

GAEA: Earth Goddess

Gaia is terra mater, the mother Earth, and the oldest of the goddesses. She is the personification of the "all-mother", she who gives and takes life. She sprang from Chaos, and in turn bore from herself Pontus (the sea), and Uranus (the sky) and married him. Their children are the Titans, the Cyclopes, and the Hecatonchires. With Tartarus she is the mother of the monster Typhon.

Her Roman counterpart is Tellus, the fertile soil. Other names Gaea Ge

Gaea is the the earth goddess. She is regarded as all-producing and all-nourishing, and one of the dieties of presiding over marriage. She was the mother of Cronus, by Uranus. Gaea was also the mother of the Titans, the Gigantes, and the Cyclopes.

Uranus is the sky god and first ruler. He is the son of Gaea, who created him without help. He then became the husband of Gaea and together they had many offspring, including twelve of the Titans. His rule ended when Cronus, encouraged by Gaea, castrated him. He either died from the wound or withdrew from earth

Briareus or Aegaeon was a son of Uranus and Gaea. Was a giant with a hundred hands and fifty heads who helped Zeus to conquer the Titans, and guarded them when they were imprisoned in Tartarus.

Oceanus was the son of Uranus and Gaea. He was the only Titan not to revolt against Uranus.




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