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In Greek mythology, Gaia (/ ˈɡeɪə, ˈɡaɪə /; [2] Ancient Greek: Γαῖα, romanized: Gaîa, a poetic form of Γῆ (Gê), meaning 'land' or 'earth'), [3] also spelled Gaea (/ ˈdʒiːə /), [2] is the personification of Earth. [4] Gaia is the ancestral mother—sometimes parthenogenic —of all life.
- Primordial Deities
Hesiod's Theogony, (c. 700 BCE) which could be considered...
- Gaia Hypothesis
The Gaia hypothesis (/ ˈ ɡ aɪ. ə /), also known as the Gaia...
- Thaumus
According to Hesiod, Thaumas's wife was Electra (one of the...
- Aether
In Greek mythology, Aether, Æther, Aither, or Ether (/ ˈ iː...
- Uranus
In Greek mythology, Uranus (/ ˈ j ʊər ə n ə s / YOOR-ə-nəs,...
- Terra
She was typically depicted reclining, or rising, waist high...
- Gaia (Disambiguation)
Gaia (Rome character), character in the historical-drama...
- Cyclopes
Three groups of Cyclopes can be distinguished: the Hesiodic,...
- Chaos
Greek kháos means 'emptiness, vast void, chasm, abyss', [a]...
- Hesiod
Hesiod (/ ˈ h iː s i ə d / HEE-see-əd or / ˈ h ɛ s i ə d /...
- Primordial Deities
- Mother Goddess
- The Creation of The World & Orphism
- Gaia & Cronus
- The Revolt of The Giants
- Oracle
- Gaia & Apollo
- Birth of Erichthonius
- Worship & Legacy
- The Gaia Hypothesis
According to Hesiod (c. 700 BCE) in his Theogony, Gaia emerged from Chaos (the great void) and gave birth to Uranus (Heaven), Ourea (Mountains), and Pontus (Sea). She married her son Uranus, and together they had the 12 Titans (Oceanus, Coeus, Crius, Hyperion, Iapetus, Theia, Rhea, Themis, Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Tethys, and Cronus). Gaia also bore the ...
The 6th century BCE saw the rise of Orphism, a religious movement based on what the legendary Greek hero Orpheus learnt while he was in the underworld. According to Orphism, the Earth began with Chronos (Time). From Chronos came Aether (Radiance), Chaos, and Erebus (Darkness). Chronos formed an egg inside Aether, from which hatched Phanes – the cre...
Uranus hated his children and hid them away out of sight in the depths of the earth. Gaia was heartbroken over how her children were being treated by their father and devised a plan to destroy him. Only Cronus, her youngest son, was brave enough to step up and agree to help his mother carry out her plan. Cronus hid in his mother's chambers and wait...
After the Titans were defeated and sent down to Tartarus by Zeus and the Olympian deities, Gaia sent her children, the Giants, to destroy the Olympians. The Giants were unmatched in size and strength and fearful to behold, with feet made from dragon scales and long hair hanging from their head and cheeks. An oracle told the Olympian gods that they ...
The Oracle at Delphi originally belonged to Gaia, who later handed over the rights to her daughters Themis and Phoebe, and then later on to the god Apollo, who built himself a shrine. As mentioned in Pausanias' (c. 115 to c. 180 CE) Description of Greece, Gaia appointed the mountain nymph Daphnis as the prophetess. According to the ancient poem Eum...
Gaia complained to Zeus after Apollo had killed the monstrous serpent Python at Delphi. As a result, Zeus ordered Apollo to visit Tempe for purification and to preside over the Pythian Games, which were to be held in Python's honour. According to some writers such as Hyginus (64 BCE to 17 CE) and Nonnus of Panopolis (5th century CE), after Apollo p...
Athena had many potential suitors who would have done anything to be with her. However, she rejected all advances. During the Trojan War, she asked Hephaestus, the god of metallurgy, to make her a suit of armour. While she watched him work in his smithy, an unusually bold Hephaestus made his move on Athena after being tricked by Poseidon. Athena pu...
Gaia has an Orphic Hymn dedicated to her, where she is referred to as the "mother of men" and the nourisher and giver of all. She is eternal and revered, and the fruit, flowers, grass, rain, and stars are all created by her. In the Homeric Hymn to Gaia, she is called "the mother of all." In his Description of Greece, Pausanias states that there was...
The Gaia Hypothesis is a recent thought model that was partly invented by the British scientist James Lovelock (1919-2022). It proposes that the Earth functions as a single organism that helps all living things survive. All living beings act as a single harmonious entity to regulate Earth's climate, food sources, vegetation, and chemical compositio...
Without male assistance, Gaia gave birth to Uranus (the Sky) who then fertilized her. From that union were born first the Titans —six males: Coeus , Crius , Cronus , Hyperion , Iapetus , and Oceanus ; and six females: Mnemosyne , Phoebe , Rhea , Theia , Themis , and Tethys .
May 23, 2020 · By Pontus, the primordial sea god, Gaia was the mother of a multitude of sea gods and beasts. Their son Nereus is more commonly remembered as the Old Man of the Sea. Representing the unknown depths of the ocean, he was a god of mystery and prophesy.
She was typically depicted reclining, or rising, waist high from a hole in the ground. [7] Her male complement was a sky god such as Caelus (Uranus) or a form of Jupiter. Her Greek counterpart is Gaia, [8] and among the Etruscans, her name was Cel.
Gaia (Ancient Greek: Γαῖα), also spelled Gaea, is the personification of the Earth in Greek mythology. She was a primordial being, one of the first to have sprung forth from the void of Chaos. She is the mother and wife of Ouranos (Father Sky), with whom she sired the Titans, the Hekatonkheires, and the Elder Cyclopes.
Gaia, also referred to as Gaea, is considered to be a primordial goddess of Greek mythology. The primordial gods and goddesses of Greek mythology were the original gods and goddesses. Gaia and Uranus were the parents of the Titans who went on to parent the Olympic gods and goddesses.
