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An Earth god or Earth goddess is a deification of the Earth associated with a figure with chthonic or terrestrial attributes. There are many different Earth goddesses and gods in many different cultures mythology. However, Earth is usually portrayed as a goddess. Earth goddesses are often associated with the chthonic deities of the underworld. [1]
'divine', also rendered Thea or Thia), also called Euryphaessa (Ancient Greek: Εὐρυφάεσσα, "wide-shining"), is one of the twelve Titans, the children of the earth goddess Gaia and the sky god Uranus in Greek mythology. She is the Greek goddess of sight and vision, and by extension the goddess who endowed gold, silver, and gems with ...
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Many of the Greek deities are known from as early as Mycenaean (Late Bronze Age) civilization. This is an incomplete list of these deities [n 1] and of the way their names, epithets, or titles are spelled and attested in Mycenaean Greek, written in the Linear B [n 2] syllabary, along with some reconstructions and equivalent forms in later Greek.
Thalassa (/ θ ə ˈ l æ s ə /; Ancient Greek: Θάλασσα, romanized: Thálassa, lit. 'sea'; [2] Attic Greek: Θάλαττα, Thálatta [3]) was the general word for 'sea' and for its divine female personification in Greek mythology. The word may have been of Pre-Greek origin [4] and connected to the name of the Mesopotamian primordial ...
This is an index of lists of mythological figures from ancient Greek religion and mythology. List of Greek deities; List of mortals in Greek mythology; List of Greek legendary creatures; List of minor Greek mythological figures; List of Trojan War characters; List of deified people in Greek mythology; List of Homeric characters
English name Greek name Description The twelve Titans Coeus: Κοῖος (Koîos) God of intellect and the axis of heaven around which the constellations revolved. Crius: Κρεῖος (Kreîos) The least individualized of the Twelve Titans, he is the father of Astraeus, Pallas, and Perses. Implied to be the god of constellations. Cronus ...
Ops, goddess of fertility and the earth; Pilumnus, nature god who ensured children grew properly and stayed healthy; Pomona, goddess of fruit trees, gardens and orchards; Silvanus, tutelary spirit or deity of woods and fields and protector of forests; Terra, primeval goddess personifying the earth; equivalent to the Greek goddess Gaia