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Gaea

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

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 had imprisoned her sons she helped bring about his overthrow by the Titans, who were led by Kronos. She was worshiped as the primal goddess, the mother and nourisher of all things. The Romans identified her with Tellus. Author not available, GAEA. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth ... Read more

Gaea
...According to Hesiod , she was the mother of all 12 Titans, as well as of the Furies and the Cyclopes (see Cyclops ). She may have originated as a mother goddess worshiped in pre-Hellenic Greece before the introduction of the cult of Zeus . Gaea Gaea Gaea Read more

Uranus
...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

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