Gaia
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Gaia is the primordial Greek earth goddess, revered as the ancestral mother of all life and the personification of the Earth itself.
Observed surface forms (6)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mother Earth | 3 |
| Jörð | 2 |
| Theia | 2 |
| Gaia (Greek goddess of the Earth) | 1 |
| Tellus (Roman mythology) | 1 |
| Terra (Roman mythology) | 1 |
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