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Gaea
Gaea , in Greek religion and mythology, the earth, daughter of Chaos, both mother and wife of Uranus (the sky) and Pontus (the sea). Among Gaea's offspring by Uranus were the Cyclopes, the Hundred-handed Ones (the Hecatoncheires), and the Titans. To Pontus she bore five sea deities. Because Uranus h... Read more
Tethys
Tethys in Greek religion and mythology, a Titan, daughter of Gaea and Uranus. She was the wife of the seagod Oceanus and the mother of the Oceanids. ... Read more
Mnemosyne
Mnemosyne , in Greek mythology, the personification of memory. She was a Titan, daughter of Uranus and Gaea. The Muses were her daughters by Zeus. ... Read more
Pontus
Pontus , in Greek religion and mythology, sea god. He was the son of Gaea and by her the father of Ceto, Nereus, Thaumus, Phorcus, and Eurybia. ... Read more
Uranus
Uranus in Greek religion and mythology, the heaven, first ruler of the universe, son of Gaea (the earth). He was the father of Gaea's children, the Titans, the Cyclopes, and the Hundred-handed Ones (the Hecatoncheires). Fearing that his children would rebel against him, he imprisoned them, but Kron... Read more
Nereus
Nereus , in Greek mythology, seagod. He was the son of Pontus and Gaea and the father of the nereids (see nymph ). A kindly, wise old man of the sea, Nereus could change into many shapes and had the power of prophecy. ... Read more
Antaeus
Antaeus , in Greek mythology, giant; son of Poseidon and Gaea, the goddess of the earth. He became stronger whenever he touched the earth, his mother. He killed everyone with whom he wrestled until Hercules overcame him by lifting him in the air. ... Read more
Dione
Dione in Greek religion and mythology, earth goddess. In some legends she is the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys; in others she is a Titaness, born to Uranus and Gaea. In yet another version she is the mother of Aphrodite. Her name is the feminine form of Zeus. Her cult was associated with the oracl... Read more
Python
Python in Greek mythology, a huge serpent. In some myths the infant Apollo slew Python at the oracle of Gaea in Delphi; in others Apollo killed the serpent in order to claim the oracle for himself. The Pythian games celebrated the victory of Apollo over Python. ... Read more
Python
Python in Greek mythology, a huge serpent. In some myths the infant Apollo slew Python at the oracle of Gaea in Delphi; in others Apollo killed the serpent in order to claim the oracle for himself. The Pythian games celebrated the victory of Apollo over Python. ... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Gaea"

Gaea
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Greek religion and mythology, the earth, daughter of Chaos, both mother and wife of Uranus (the sky) and Pontus (the sea). Among Gaea's offspring by Uranus were the Cyclopes, the Hundred-handed Ones (the Hecatoncheires), and the Titans. To Pontus she bore five... Read more
Uranus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...the heaven, first ruler of the universe, son of Gaea (the earth). He was the father of Gaea's children, the Titans, the Cyclopes, and the...imprisoned them, but Kronos, a Titan, with the help of Gaea, castrated him, thereby taking away his power... Read more
Phorcus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition , in Greek mythology, sea god, son of Pontus and Gaea. He married his sister Ceto, who bore him a brood of monsters, including the Gorgons, the Graeae, Scylla, and the Sirens. Read more
Tethys
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition in Greek religion and mythology, a Titan, daughter of Gaea and Uranus. She was the wife of the seagod Oceanus and the mother of the Oceanids. Read more
Antaeus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition , in Greek mythology, giant; son of Poseidon and Gaea, the goddess of the earth. He became stronger whenever he touched the earth, his mother. He killed everyone with whom he wrestled until Hercules overcame him by lifting him in the air. Read more
Nereus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition , in Greek mythology, seagod. He was the son of Pontus and Gaea and the father of the nereids (see nymph ). A kindly, wise old man of the sea, Nereus could change into many shapes and had the power of prophecy. Read more
Typhon
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition or Typhoeus , in Greek mythology, fierce and monstrous son of Gaea. He was the father of Echidna—a monster half woman and half dragon—and of Cerberus, Hydra, the Sphinx, and the Chimera. Typhon was so frightful that Zeus set him afire and buried him alive under Mt. Aetna. Read more
Pontus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition , in Greek religion and mythology, sea god. He was the son of Gaea and by her the father of Ceto, Nereus, Thaumus, Phorcus, and Eurybia. Read more
Mnemosyne
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition , in Greek mythology, the personification of memory. She was a Titan, daughter of Uranus and Gaea. The Muses were her daughters by Zeus. Read more
Python
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition in Greek mythology, a huge serpent. In some myths the infant Apollo slew Python at the oracle of Gaea in Delphi; in others Apollo killed the serpent in order to claim the oracle for himself. The Pythian games celebrated the victory of Apollo over Python. Read more

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Uranus
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology Uranus planet situated between Saturn and Neptune. XIX. — L. Ūranus — Gr. Ouranós husband of Gaea (Earth) and father of Cronos (Saturn). Read more
Titan
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology Titan the sun-god XV; (pl.) family of giants, born of Uranus and Gaea, (sg.) ancestor of these XVII; (gen.) giant XIX. — L. Tītan , -án- , elder brother of Kronos — Gr. Tītán , pl. Tītânes . Hence titanic XVII. Read more

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New Organic Olive Range from Gaea.
Magazine article from: Food Trade Review; 10/1/2000; 102 words ; ...0135 366 1999, have introduced a range of Organic Olives from Gaea, Greece's leading olive and olive oil supplier; they are also...packed in brine in 314m1 glass jars, with tamper-evident lids. Gaea Organic Olives come from selected certified olive groves enriched... Read more
Trustin seal greek oil deal. (products & pack).(distribution of Gaea's new olive oil)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Food Trade Review; 9/1/2001; 129 words ; New from Gaea, Greece's Olive Oil producer via Trustin Unimerchants, are Gaea Sitia Crete P.D.O. First Cold Pressed Olive Oil, Natural...combination of Extra Virgin Oil and wild sundried herbs, are Gaea's answer to the many infused olive oils on the UK market... Read more
New Page Books.(Family Wicca: Practical Paganism for Parents and Children)(The Mysteries of Druidry: Celtic Mysticism, Theory, and Practice)(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Internet Bookwatch; 10/1/2006; 167 words ; ...www.newpagebooks.com The revised, expanded edition of Ashleen O'Gaea's FAMILY WICCA: PRACTICAL PAGANISM FOR PARENTS AND CHILDREN...Druids and other new age spirituality followers too. Ashleen O'Gaea is both priestess and mother: FAMILY WICCA comes from her own... Read more
Sells/Clark.(MARKETING/MEDIA)
Magazine article from: Arkansas Business; 4/17/2006; 26 words ; Gaea Miller joined Sells/Clark of Little Rock as director of finance. Miller previously served as assistant controller for the Little Rock Municipal Airport Commission. Read more
Naked retreat: Not in Kansas Anymore. (Citings).(nudist camp frequented by gay men, lesbians, pagans, refused permit, Toganoxie, Kansas)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Reason; 2/1/2002; ; 315 words ; ...nudity, someone named Clarity wrote in a letter to users of Camp Gaea, a controversial Kansas resort. What's a poor naked pantheist...Normally, the renewal of such a permit is a formality. But Camp Gaea's neighbors petitioned the county to shut it down, which meant... Read more
Celebrating The Seasons Of Life.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Bookwatch; 10/1/2004; 171 words ; Celebrating The Seasons Of Life Ashleen O'Gaea New Page Books PO Box 687, Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417 www.newpagebooks...Celebrating The Seasons Of Life: Samhain To Ostara by Ashleen O'Gaea (a founding board member emeritus of the Tucson Area Wiccan-Pagan... Read more
New Page Books.(Family Wicca: Practical Paganism for Parents and Children)(The Mysteries of Druidry: Celtic Mysticism, Theory, and Practice )(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Bookwatch; 10/1/2006; 167 words ; ...www.newpagebooks.com The revised, expanded edition of Ashleen O'Gaea's FAMILY WICCA: PRACTICAL PAGANISM FOR PARENTS AND CHILDREN...Druids and other new age spirituality followers too. Ashleen O'Gaea is both priestess and mother: FAMILY WICCA comes from her own... Read more
Timing.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Newspaper article from: Small Press Bookwatch; 9/1/2005; 126 words ; ...with aspirations stemming on the surreal. Following the efforts of Jim Ludwig, who spent years and his personal fortune building GAEA, a domed world to create independence, luxury, and self-sustaining survival for a new wave of futurists, Timing takes a drastic... Read more
Francis "Frank" Polanik, 85.(DEATHS)
Newspaper article from: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA); 5/22/2007; 274 words ; ...Sr. of Auburn; eight grandchildren: Kimball, Alison, Brian, Jessica, Justin, Jillian, Andrew and Erik; a great-granddaughter, Gaea; two brothers: John A. Polanik of Auburn and Gregory Polanik of Southborough; nephews and nieces. He was born in Worcester, son... Read more
Becoming Light.
Magazine article from: Commonweal; 8/13/1999; ; 153 words ; ...with the breath of farm ponds. As when we are no longer weighted down with wants. Even as gravity pulls us closer to our mother, Gaea, even as the flesh draws down, flattens, squeezes bony discs, compacts them, we must levitate, glide across that distance, smell... Read more