Saturday 10 August 2019

GAIA ~ THE GREEK EARTH GODDESS


Gaia is a primal Greek Goddess, one of the Deities that governed the universe before the Titans. Her name means 'Earth' , and She is the mother of everything.

According to one version, Gaia coexisted  with Chaos and Eros during the creation of the world. Another version has it that the three of them were born out of the Cosmic Egg, which itself was created out of nothingness. Hesiod then tells us that from the union of Gaia and Chaos - and supported by Eros - Uranus was born.
Gaia and Uranus gave birth to the Giants, the Titans, Oceanus and the whole world. At that point, Uranus decided to stop Gaia from creating anything else and sent his children inside her; Gaia was infuriated and allied with one of her Titan sons, Cronus, managing to overthrow Uranus. However, due to the cruelty of Cronus and his determination to remain on the throne, Gaia assisted Zeus in overthrowing Cronus, which marked the end of the age of the Titans.
Gaia is also called Gaea, Gi, Ge. 

SOURCE: Samith Dhananjan on Facebook

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