Gaya statuette

Plaster Gaya statuette for your altar or room decoration.

Geea or Gaia was, in Greek mythology , the personification of the Earth . She is considered in ancient times to be the primordial element from which all other Gods were derived .

Gaea was born after Chaos ( Chaos ), in turn begetting the Uranus (Heaven), Oure (Mountains) and on Pontus (The Sea). From its union with Uranus were born the titans , titanides , hecatonchires and the cyclops .

All these children of Gaea hated their father, Uranus , because he forced them to live in the depths of the earth and did not allow them to see light of the day. To save his children from his tyranny Uranus , Gaea helped one of them, Cronus , to mutilate his father, but before mutilating him, Uranus cast a curse on Cronus that said that he too would be destroyed by one of his sons. From the drops of blood that flowed from Uranus , who fell to earth and fertilized it, a new generation of children was born: the Erinyes , giants and nymphs . After his mutilation Uranus , Gaea united with her other son, Pontus , and conceived a series of marine divinities, among which were Ceto , Nereus and Thaumas .

Reigning over the Universe, chronically Scared by the curse, he proves to be as tyrannical as his father. Then Gaea decides to destroy him too. chronically had united several times with his sister Rhea , and had had several children with her, but she had swallowed them one by one. When she was about to give birth to Zeus , to save his child from his father's wrath, Rhea He asked for Gaea's support. She revealed to him the will of fate: Jupiter would survive and overthrow his father, with the support of the titans . With the help of Gaea, Rhea manages to deceive him chronically and hide him Zeus . Later, when Jupiter comes to rule the destinies of the world, Gaea, dissatisfied with His rule, gives birth - this time uniting with Tartar - monstrous beings: Typhon and Echidna . Typhon He declares war on the Gods, who have long been terrified by His immense strength.

Gaea is also attributed - according to different versions - numerous other monstrous children, including: Antaeus , Charybdis , Harpies etc. In a later period, Gaea is considered the mother of all the Gods and subsequently Her cult is identified either with that of the Goddess Demeter , either with that of From the union of Gaea with Cybele . Poseidon he was born Antaeus . In Roman mythology Gaea is named after Tellus .

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