Gaia

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Greek goddess chthonic deity personification of Earth primordial deity

Gaia is the primordial Greek earth goddess, revered as the ancestral mother of all life and the personification of the Earth itself.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Mother Earth 3
Jörð 2
Theia 2

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek goddess ⓘ
chthonic deity ⓘ
personification of Earth ⓘ
primordial deity ⓘ
associatedWith agriculture ⓘ
fertility ⓘ
land ⓘ
mountains ⓘ
oracles ⓘ
culture Ancient Greek religion ⓘ
domain Earth ⓘ
epithet Great Mother ⓘ
surface form: All-Mother

Great Mother ⓘ
Gaia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mother Earth
equivalent Gaia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Tellus (Roman mythology)

Gaia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Terra (Roman mythology)
gender female ⓘ
mentionedIn Homeric Hymns ⓘ
Bibliotheca ⓘ
surface form: Library of Apollodorus

Hesiod's Theogony ⓘ
surface form: Theogony by Hesiod

Hesiod's Works and Days ⓘ
surface form: Works and Days by Hesiod
myth Gigantomachy ⓘ
Titanomachy ⓘ
birth of Typhon ⓘ
Uranus ⓘ
surface form: castration of Uranus
offspring Antaeus ⓘ
Aphrodite ⓘ
surface form: Aphrodite (in some traditions)

Charybdis ⓘ
Cyclopes ⓘ
Echidna ⓘ
Erinyes ⓘ
Giants ⓘ
Hecatoncheires ⓘ
Meliae ⓘ
Oceanus ⓘ
surface form: Nereus (in some traditions)

Ourea ⓘ
Pontus ⓘ
Python ⓘ
Titanes ⓘ
Titanides ⓘ
Typhoeus ⓘ
surface form: Typhon

Uranus ⓘ
parents Chaos ⓘ
roleInMythology ancestral mother of Giants ⓘ
ancestral mother of Titans ⓘ
ancestral mother of gods ⓘ
personification of the Earth ⓘ
spouse Pontus ⓘ
Tartarus ⓘ
Uranus ⓘ
symbol cornucopia ⓘ
earth ⓘ
fruits of the soil ⓘ
worshipPlace Athens ⓘ
Delphi ⓘ
Olympia ⓘ
Sparta ⓘ

Referenced by (58)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: Mother Earth
Meliae → associatedDeity → Gaia ⓘ
Coeus → childOf → Gaia ⓘ
Crius → childOf → Gaia ⓘ
Iapetus → childOf → Gaia ⓘ
Rhea → childOf → Gaia ⓘ
Titans → childrenOf → Gaia ⓘ
Odin → consort → Gaia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jörð
Pontus → consort → Gaia ⓘ
Uranus → consort → Gaia ⓘ
Ourea → createdBy → Gaia ⓘ
Uranus → createdBy → Gaia ⓘ
Gaia → epithet → Gaia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mother Earth
Great Mother → epithetOf → Gaia ⓘ
Gaia → equivalent → Gaia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Terra (Roman mythology)
Gaia → equivalent → Gaia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tellus (Roman mythology)
Gaia Wise → givenName → Gaia ⓘ
Doris → grandmother → Gaia ⓘ
Antaeus → mother → Gaia ⓘ
Cronus → mother → Gaia ⓘ
Thor → mother → Gaia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jörð
this entity surface form: Gaia (Greek goddess of the Earth)
Meliae → offspringOf → Gaia ⓘ
Uranus → offspringWith → Gaia ⓘ
Antaeus → parent → Gaia ⓘ
Hecatoncheires → parent → Gaia ⓘ
subject surface form: Briareus
Charybdis → parent → Gaia ⓘ
Hecatoncheires → parent → Gaia ⓘ
subject surface form: Cottus
Hecatoncheires → parent → Gaia ⓘ
subject surface form: Gyges
Hecatoncheires → parent → Gaia ⓘ
Helios → parent → Gaia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Theia
Oceanus → parent → Gaia ⓘ
Ourea → parent → Gaia ⓘ
Typhoeus → parent → Gaia ⓘ
Pontus → parents → Gaia ⓘ
Dione → possibleParent → Gaia ⓘ
Chaos → precedes → Gaia ⓘ