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Ancient Greek religion. In Greek mythology, Gaia (/ ˈɡeɪə, ˈɡaɪə /; [2] Ancient Greek: Γαῖα, romanized: Gaîa, a poetic form of Γῆ (Gê), meaning 'land' or 'earth'), [3] also spelled Gaea (/ ˈdʒiːə /), [2] is the personification of Earth. [4] Gaia is the ancestral mother—sometimes parthenogenic —of all life.
In Greek mythology, the Earth is personified as Gaia, corresponding to Roman Terra, Indic Prithvi, etc. traced to an "Earth Mother" complementary to the "Sky Father" in Proto-Indo-European religion. Egyptian mythology have the sky goddesses, Nut and Hathor, with the earth gods, Osiris and Geb. Ki and Ninhursag are Mesopotamian earth goddesses.
BnF Museum (Cabinet des médailles), Paris. Poseidon (/ pəˈsaɪdən, pɒ -, poʊ -/; [1] Greek: Ποσειδῶν) is one of the Twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religion and mythology, presiding over the sea, storms, earthquakes and horses. [2] He was the protector of seafarers and the guardian of many Hellenic cities and colonies.
Western edge of Gaia (Earth), North Africa. In Greek mythology, Atlas (/ ˈætləs /; Greek: Ἄτλας, Átlās) is a Titan condemned to hold up the heavens or sky for eternity after the Titanomachy. Atlas also plays a role in the myths of two of the greatest Greek heroes: Heracles (Hercules in Roman mythology) and Perseus.
She was explicitly identified with Earth (Terra, the Roman counterpart of Gaia) and the Good Goddess in at least one tradition. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] Her identity became theologically intertwined also with the goddesses Fauna , Ops , Juno , Carna , and the Magna Mater ("Great Goddess", referring to the Roman form of Cybele but also a cult title for ...
Hesiod's Theogony, (c. 700 BCE) which could be considered the "standard" creation myth of Greek mythology, [1] tells the story of the genesis of the gods. After invoking the Muses (II.1–116), Hesiod says the world began with the spontaneous generation of four beings: first arose Chaos (Chasm); then came Gaia (the Earth), "the ever-sure foundation of all"; "dim" Tartarus (the Underworld), in ...
e. Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the ancient Greeks, and a genre of ancient Greek folklore, today absorbed alongside Roman mythology into the broader designation of classical mythology. These stories concern the ancient Greek religion 's view of the origin and nature of the world; the lives and activities of deities ...
t. e. In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Helios (/ ˈhiːliəs, - ɒs /; Ancient Greek: Ἥλιος pronounced [hɛ̌ːlios], lit. 'Sun'; Homeric Greek: Ἠέλιος) is the god who personifies the Sun. His name is also Latinized as Helius, and he is often given the epithets Hyperion ("the one above") and Phaethon ("the shining").