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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...
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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...
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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