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Gaia

Also known as Gaea, Ge

In Greek mythology, Gaia (; , a poetic form of (''''), meaning 'land' or 'earth'), also spelled Gaea (), is the personification of Earth. She is the mother of Uranus (Sky), with whom she conceived the Titans (themselves parents of many of the Olympian gods), the Cyclopes, and the Giants, as well as of Pontus (Sea), from whose union she bore the primordial sea gods. Her equivalent in the Roman pantheon was Terra.

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In Greek mythology, Gaia is the personification of Earth and the mother of many important divine beings, including Uranus (Sky), the Titans, the Cyclopes, and the Giants. She matters because she represents the foundational creative force in Greek mythology, giving birth to the major gods and cosmic powers that populate their religious stories.

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Deity.type: Greek
Deity.name: Gaia
Deity.deity_of: Personification of the Earth
Deity.image: Pergamonmuseum - Antikensammlung - Pergamonaltar 13 detail.jpg
Deity.caption: Gaia pleading for her sons the Gigantes (Giants), detail of the Gigantomachy frieze, Pergamon Altar, Pergamon museum, Berlin
Deity.other_names: GeGaeaChthon
Deity.script_name: Greek
Deity.script: ,
Deity.consort: Uranus
Deity.parents: None (Hesiod)
Deity.offspring: Uranus, Pontus, the Ourea, the Hecatonchires, the Cyclopes, the Titans, the Gigantes, Nereus, Thaumus, Phorcys, Ceto, Eurybia, Tritopatores, Typhon
Deity.Roman_equivalent: Terra
Deity.symbol: Fruit

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Commons category: Gaia
name in native language: Γαία

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Contents

Etymology
Description
Mythology
Hesiod
Birth of Gaia, Uranus, and the Titans
Other offspring and the castration of Uranus
Titanomachy
Other sources
Cult
Epithets
Temples
Interpretations
Modern paganism
Family
Olympian descendants
Offspring
See also
Notes
References
External links

==Etymology== The Greek name (Gaia or ) is a mostly epic, collateral form of Attic (Gē ), and Doric (Ga ), perhaps identical to (Da ), both meaning "Earth". Some scholars believe that the word is of uncertain origin. Beekes suggested a probable Pre-Greek origin. M.L. West derives the name from the Indo-European form *dʰéǵʰōm (earth). Greek: gaia (She lay with Heaven and bore deep-swirling Oceanus, Coeus and Crius and Hyperion and Iapetus, Theia and Rhea, Themis, and Mnemosyne and gold-crowned Phoebe and lovely Tethys. After them was born Cronos (Cronus) the wily, youngest, and most terrible of her children, and he hated his lusty sire.