Gaia - Wikipedia Gaia This article is about the primordial Greek goddess. For the theory of the Earth as an organism, see Gaia hypothesis. For other uses, see Gaia ( disambiguation ). Gaia Primordial Deity of the Earth Member of the Protogenoi Gaea, by Anselm Feuerbach ( 1875 ) Abode Earth Consort Uranus, Pontus, Aether and Tartarus Offspring Uranus, Pontus, the Ourea, Hecatonchires, Cyclopes, Titans, The Gigantes, Nereus, Thaumus, Phorcys, Ceto, Eurybia, Aergia, Typhon, and Python Parents None, or Chaos ( Hesiod ), or Aether and Hemera ( Hyginus ) Siblings None, or Nyx, Erebus, Tartarus, Eros, or Uranus, Thalassa Roman equivalent Terra, Tellus In Greek mythology, Gaia ( / ˈɡeɪ. ə / or / ˈɡaɪ. ə / ; from Ancient Greek Γαῖα, a poetical form of Γῆ Gē, `` land '' or `` earth '' ), also spelled Gaea ( / ˈdʒiːə / ), is the personification of the Earth and one of the Greek primordial deities. Gaia is the ancestral mother of all life : the primal Mother Earth goddess. She is the immediate parent of Uranus ( the sky ), from whose sexual union she bore the Titans ( themselves parents of many of the Olympian gods ) and the Giants, and of Pontus ( the sea ), from whose union she bore the primordial sea gods. Her equivalent in the Roman pantheon was Terra. Contents 1 Etymology 2 Mythology 2.1 Hesiod 2.2 Other sources 3 Depiction 4 Cult 4.1 Temples 5 Interpretations 6 Neopaganism 7 Modern ecological theory 8 Family 8.1 Olympian descendants 8.2 Children 9 Other Appearances 10 See also 11 Notes 12 References 13 External links Etymology The Greek name Γαῖα ( Gaĩa ) is a mostly epic, collateral form of Attic Γῆ ( Gê ), Doric Γᾶ ( Gã, perhaps identical to Δᾶ Dã ) meaning `` Earth '', a word of uncertain origin. Robert S.P. Beekes has suggested a Pre-Greek origin. It, however, could be related to the Avestan word gaiia `` life '' ( cf. gaēθā `` ( material ) world, totality of creatures '' and gaēθiia `` belonging to, residing in the worldly or material sphere, material '' ) or perhaps to Avestan gairi `` mountain ''. In Mycenean Greek Ma - ka ( transliterated as Ma - ga, `` Mother Gaia '' ) also contains the root ga -. Mythology Hesiod Hesiod 's Theogony tells how, after Chaos, `` wide - bosomed '' Gaia ( Earth ) arose to be the everlasting seat of the immortals who possess Olympus above, and the depths of Tartarus below ( as some scholars interpret it ). He then tells that Gaia brought forth her equal Uranus ( Heaven, Sky ) to `` cover her on every side '' and to be the abode of the gods. Gaia also bore the hills ( ourea ), and Pontus ( Sea ), `` without sweet union of love '' ( i.e., with no father ). Afterwards with Uranus she gave birth to the Titans, as Hesiod tells it : She lay with Heaven and bore deep - swirling Oceanus, Coeus and Crius and Hyperion and Iapetus, Theia and Rhea, Themis and Mnemosyne and gold - crowned Phoebe and lovely Tethys. After them was born Cronos ( Cronus ) the wily, youngest and most terrible of her children, and he hated his lusty sire. According to Hesiod, Gaia conceived further offspring with Uranus, first the giant one - eyed Cyclopes : Brontes ( `` Thunder '' ), Steropes ( `` Lightning '' ) and Arges ( `` Bright '' ) ; then the Hecatonchires : Cottus, Briareos and Gyges, each with a hundred arms and fifty heads. As each of the Cyclopes and Hecatonchires were born, Uranus hid them in a secret place within Gaia, causing her great pain. So Gaia devised a plan. She created a grey flint ( or adamantine ) sickle. And Cronus used the sickle to castrate his father Uranus as he approached Gaia to have sex with her. From Uranus ' spilled blood, Gaia produced the Erinyes, the Giants and the Meliae ( ash - tree nymphs ). From the testicles of Uranus in the sea came forth Aphrodite. By her son Pontus, Gaia bore the sea - deities Nereus, Thaumas, Phorcys, Ceto, and Eurybia. Because Cronus had learned from Gaia and Uranus that he was destined to be overthrown by one of his children, he swallowed each of the children born to him by his Titan sister Rhea. But when Rhea was pregnant with her youngest child, Zeus, she sought help from Gaia and Uranus. When Zeus was born, Rhea gave Cronus a stone wrapped in swaddling - clothes in his place, which Cronus swallowed, and Gaia took the child into her care. With the help of Gaia 's advice, Zeus defeated the Titans. But afterwards, Gaia, in union with Tartarus, bore the youngest of her sons Typhon, who would be the last challenge to the authority of Zeus. Gaia hands her newborn, Erichthonius, to Athena as Hephaestus watches - an Attic red - figure stamnos, 470 -- 460 BC Other sources According to Hyginus, Earth ( Gaia ), along with Heaven and Sea were the children of Aether and Day ( Hemera ). According to Apollodorus, Gaia and Tartarus were the parents of Echidna. Zeus hid Elara, one of his lovers, from Hera by stowing her under the earth. His son by Elara, the giant Tityos, is therefore sometimes said to be a son of Gaia, the earth goddess. Gaia also made Aristaeus immortal. Depiction In classical art Gaia was represented in one of two ways. In Athenian vase painting she was shown as a matronly woman only half risen from the earth, often in the act of handing the baby Erichthonius, a future king of Athens, to Athena to foster ). In mosaic representations, she appears as a woman reclining upon the earth surrounded by a host of Carpi, infant gods of the fruits of the earth. Cult Oaths sworn in the name of Gaia, in ancient Greece, were considered the most binding of all. She was also worshipped under the epithet `` Anesidora '', which means `` giver of gifts ''. Other epithets was Calligeneia, Eurusternos, and Pandôros. In ancient times, Gaia was mainly worshipped alongside Demeter and as a part of the cult of Demeter, and does not seem to have had a separate cult. Being a chthonic deity, black animals were sacrificed to her : `` ( Sacrifices to the gods as witnesses of an oath : ) Bring two lambs : let one be white and the other black for Gaia ( Earth ) and Helios ( Sun ). '' ( N.B. Chthonic Gaia receives a black animal, heavenly Helios a white one. ) Temples Gaia is believed by some sources to be the original deity behind the Oracle at Delphi. It was thus said : `` That word spoken from tree - clad mother Gaia 's ( Earth 's ) navel - stone ( Delphoi ). '' Depending on the source, Gaia passed her powers on to Poseidon, Apollo, or Themis. Pausanias wrote : `` Many and different are the stories told about Delphoi, and even more son about the oracle of Apollon. For they say that in earliest times the oracular seat belonged to Ge ( Earth ), who appointed as prophetess at it Daphnis, one of the Nymphai ( Nymphs ) of the mountains. There is extant among the Greeks an hexameter poem, the name of which is Eumolpia, and it is assigned to Musaios ( Musaeus ), son of Antiophemos. In it the poet states that the oracle belonged to Poseidon and Ge ( Earth ) in common ; that Ge ( Earth ) gave her oracles herself, but Poseidon used Pyrkon ( Pyrcon ) as his mouthpiece in giving responses. The verses are these : -- ' Forthwith the voice of Khthonie ( Chthonia ) uttered a wise word, And with her Pyrkon, servant of the renown Earthshaker. ' They say that afterwards Ge ( Earth ) gave her share to Themis, who gave it to Apollon as a gift. It is said that he to Poseidon Kalaureia ( Calaurea ), that lies off Troizenos ( Troezen ), in exchange for his oracle. '' Apollo is the best - known as the oracle power behind Delphi, long established by the time of Homer, having killed Gaia 's child Python there and usurped the chthonic power. Hera punished Apollo for this by sending him to King Admetus as a shepherd for nine years. Gaia or Ge had at least three sanctuaries in Greece, which where mentioned by Pausanias. There was a temple of Ge Eurusternos on the Crathis near Aegae in Achaia, with `` a very ancient statue '' : `` It is a journey of about thirty stades ( from the stream of Krathis ( Crathis ) near the ruins of Aigai ( Aegae ) in Akhaia ) to what is called the Gaion ( Gaeum ), a sanctuary of Ge ( Earth ) surnamed Eurysternos ( Broad - bossomed ), whose wooden image is one of the very oldest. The woman who from time to time is priestess henceforth remains chaste, and before her election must not have had intercourse with more than one man. The test applied is drinking bull 's blood. Any woman who may chance not to speak the truth is immediately punished as a result of this test. If several women compete for the priesthood, lots are cast for the honour. '' Pausanias also mention the sanctuary of Ge Gasepton in Sparta, and a sanctuary of Ge Kourotrophe ( Nurse of the Young ) at Athens. Aside from her temples, Gaia also had altars as well as sacred spaces in the sanctuaries of other gods. Close to the sanctuary of Eileithyia in Tegea was an altar of Ge ; Phlya and Myrrhinos had an altar to Ge under the name Thea Megale ( Great goddess ) ;, as well as Olympia which additionally, similar to Delphi, also said to have had an oracle to Gaia : `` On what is called the Gaion ( Gaeum, Sanctuary of Ge ) ( at Olympia ) is an altar of Ge ( Earth ) ; it too is of ashes. In more ancient days they say that there was an oracle also of Ge ( Earth ) in this place. On what is called the Stomion ( Mouth ) the altar to Themis has been built. '' Her statue where naturally to be found in the temples of Demeter, such as the Temple of Demeter in Achaia : `` They ( the Patraians of Akhaia ( Achaea ) ) have also a grove by the sea, affording in summer weather very agreeable walks and a pleasant means generally of passing the time. In this grove are also two temples of divinities, one of Apollon, the other of Aphrodite... Next to the grove is a sanctuary of Demeter ; she and her daughter ( Persephone ) are standing, but the image of Ge ( Earth ) is seated. '' The Temple of Zeus Olympios in Athens reportedly had an enclosure of Ge Olympia : `` ( Within the sanctuary of Zeus Olympios in the lower town of Athens : ) Within the precincts are antiquities : a bronze Zeus, a temple of Kronos ( Cronus ) and Rhea and an enclosure of Ge ( Earth ) surnamed Olympia. Here the floor opens to the width of a cubit, and they say that along this bed flowed off the water after the deluge that occurred in the time of Deukalion, and into it they cast every year wheat mixed with honey... The ancient sanctuary of Zeus Olympios the Athenians say was built by Deukalion ( Deucalion ), and they cite as evidence that Deukalion lived at Athens a grave which is not far from the present temple. '' In Athens, there was a statue of Gaia on the Acropolis decpicting her besieging Zeus for rain,, as well as an image of her close to the court of the Areopagos in Athens, alongside the statues of Plouton and Hermes, `` by which sacrifice those who have received an acquittal on the Areopagos ''. Interpretations Some modern sources, such as James Mellaart, Marija Gimbutas and Barbara Walker, claim that Gaia as Mother Earth is a later form of a pre-Indo - European Great Mother, venerated in Neolithic times. Her existence is a speculation, and controversial in the academic community. Some modern mythographers, including Karl Kerenyi, Carl A.P. Ruck and Danny Staples interpret the goddesses Demeter the `` mother, '' Persephone the `` daughter '' and Hecate the `` crone, '' as aspects of a former Great goddess identified by some as Rhea or as Gaia herself. In Crete, a goddess was worshiped as Potnia Theron ( the `` Mistress of the Animals '' ) or simply Potnia ( `` Mistress '' ), speculated as Rhea or Gaia ; the title was later applied in Greek texts to Demeter, Artemis or Athena. The mother - goddess Cybele from Anatolia ( modern Turkey ) was partly identified by the Greeks with Gaia, but more so with Rhea and Demeter. Aion and Gaia with four children, perhaps the personified seasons, mosaic from a Roman villa in Sentinum, first half of the third century BC, ( Munich Glyptothek, Inv. W504 ) Neopaganism Many Neopagans worship Gaia. Beliefs regarding Gaia vary, ranging from the belief that Gaia is the Earth to the belief that she is the spiritual embodiment of the earth, or the Goddess of the Earth. Modern ecological theory Main article : Gaia hypothesis The mythological name was revived in 1979 by James Lovelock, in Gaia : A New Look at Life on Earth ; his Gaia hypothesis was supported by Lynn Margulis. The hypothesis proposes that living organisms and inorganic material are part of a dynamical system that shapes the Earth 's biosphere, and maintains the Earth as a fit environment for life. In some Gaia theory approaches, the Earth itself is viewed as an organism with self - regulatory functions. Further books by Lovelock and others popularized the Gaia Hypothesis, which was embraced to some extent by New Age environmentalists as part of the heightened awareness of environmental concerns of the 1990s. Family Olympian descendants hide Olympians ' family tree Uranus Gaia Uranus ' genitals Cronus Rhea Zeus Hera Poseidon Hades Demeter Hestia a b Ares Hephaestus Metis Athena Leto Apollo Artemis Maia Hermes Semele Dionysus Dione a b Aphrodite Children See also : Category : Offspring of Gaia Gaia is the personification of the Earth and these are her offspring as related in various myths. Some are related consistently, some are mentioned only in minor variants of myths, and others are related in variants that are considered to reflect a confusion of the subject or association. GAIA 'S OFFSPRING Consort Children Consort Children Consort Children Consort Children Consort Children No father Uranus Uranus Erinyes * Tartarus Typhon Oceanus Triptolemos Unknown Lesser Giants Pontus 1. Alecto Echidna Aether Uranus 1. Tityos Ourea 2. Megaera Campe ( presumably ) Personifications 2. Orion Nesoi 3. Tisiphone Giants 1. Deceit ( Dolos ) 3. Argus Panoptes Uranus Titans Gigantes * 1. Enceladus 2. Grief ( Algos ) 4. Alpos 1. Oceanus 1. Porphyrion 2. Coeus 3. Wrath ( Lyssa ) 5. Sykeus 2. Coeus 2. Alcyoneus 3. Astraeus 4. Lamentation ( Penthus ) 6. Damasen 3. Crius 3. Ephialtes 4. Pelorus 5. Falsehood ( Pseudologoi ) 7. Anax 4. Iapetus 4. Eurytus 5. Pallas 6. Oath ( Horkos ) 8. Hyllus 5. Hyperion 5. Clytius 6. Emphytus 7. Vengeance ( Poine ) 9. The Gegenees 6. Theia 6. Mimas 7. Rhoecus 8. Intemperance ( Intemprentia ) Monsters and Animals 7. Themis 7. Pallas 8. Agrius 9. Altercation ( Amphillogia ) 1. Python 8. Tethys 8. Polybotes 9. Ephialtes 10. Forgetfulness ( Lethe ) 2. Colchian dragon 9. Phoebe 9. Enceladus 10. Eurytus 11. Sloth ( Aergia ) 3. Nemean dragon 10. Mnemosyne 10. Hippolytus 11. Themoises 12. Fear ( Deimos ) 4. Ophiotauros 11. Rhea 11. Gration 12. Theodamas 13. Pride ( Superbia ) 5. Scorpios 12. Cronus 12. Agrius 13. Otus 14. Incest ( Incestum ) 6. Arion Cyclopes 13. Thoas 14. Polyboetes 15. Combat ( Hysminai ) 7. Caerus 1. Arges Elder Muses 15. Iapetus Poseidon Antaeus Autochthons 2. Brontes 1. Mneme Pontus Ceto Charybdis 1. Cecrops 3. Steropes 2. Melete Phorcys Laistrygon 2. Palaechthon Hecatonchires 3. Aoide Eurybia Hephaestus Erichthonius of Athens 3. Pelasgus 1. Briareus Telchines Nereus Zeus Manes 4. Alalcomeneus 2. Cottus 1. Actaeus Thaumas Iarbas 5. Dysaules 3. Gyes 2. Megalesius Telchines Cyprian Centaurs 6. Cabeirus Meliae * 3. Ormenus Unknown Prometheus Unknown Silenus 7. Phlyus Curetes * ^ 4. Lycus Pheme Kreousa 8. Leitus Aristaeus Aetna * Some said that those marked with a * were born from Uranus ' blood when Cronus castrated him. ^ Kouretes were born from rainwater ( Uranus fertilizing Gaia ) Other appearances This article appears to contain trivial, minor, or unrelated references to popular culture. Please reorganize this content to explain the subject 's impact on popular culture, using references to reliable sources, rather than simply listing appearances. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( October 2018 ) In the 90 's cartoon Captain Planet, Gaia is the `` spirit of the earth, '' who aids the Captain Planeteers with their quest to save the environment. See also Aditi Atabey ( goddess ) Bhumi Dewi Sri Earth Mother Gaia hypothesis Gaia philosophy Great Mother Mother Nature Pachamama Tellus Mater Terra ( mythology ) The Seven Deadly Sins of Modern Times ( painting ) Titan Notes Jump up ^ Henry George Liddell ; Robert Scott. `` γαῖα '', A Greek - English Lexicon Jump up ^ Smith, `` Gaea ''. Jump up ^ Larousse Desk Reference Encyclopedia, The Book People, Haydock, 1995, p. 215. Jump up ^ Entry `` γαῖα '', in : Liddell -- Scott, A Greek - English Lexicon, in the Perseus Digital Library. Jump up ^ Entry `` γῆ '', in : Liddell -- Scott, A Greek - English Lexicon, in the Perseus Digital Library. Jump up ^ Entry `` δᾶ '', in : Liddell -- Scott, A Greek - English Lexicon, in the Perseus Digital Library. Jump up ^ Entry `` Gaia '', in the Online Etymology Dictionary. ^ Jump up to : Robert S.P. Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek, Brill, 2009, pp. 269 -- 270 ( s.v. `` γῆ '' ). Jump up ^ `` Paleolexicon ''. Retrieved 21 April 2012. Jump up ^ Hesiod. Theogony, 116 -- 118 Jump up ^ Hesiod. Theogony, 119. Translated by Glenn W. Most in Loeb Classical Library Jump up ^ Hesiod. Theogony, 126 -- 128 Jump up ^ Hesiod. Theogony, 129 -- 132. Jump up ^ Hesiod. Theogony, 132 -- 138 Jump up ^ Hesiod. Theogony, 139 -- 146 Jump up ^ Hesiod. Theogony, 147 -- 153 Jump up ^ Hesiod. Theogony, 154 -- 200 Jump up ^ Hesiod. Theogony, 233 -- 239 Jump up ^ Hesiod. Theogony, 453 -- 491 Jump up ^ Hesiod. Theogony, 626. Jump up ^ Hesiod. Theogony, 820 -- 880 Jump up ^ Hyginus. Fabulae, Preface Jump up ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus. Bibliotheca, 2.1. 2 Jump up ^ Pausanias. Description of Greece, 1.31. 2 Jump up ^ Hesychius of Alexandria s.v. Jump up ^ Scholiast, On Theocritus ii. 12. Jump up ^ ( Aristoph. Thesm. 300, with the Schol. ; Hesych. s.v. ; Phot. Lex. s.v. ) Jump up ^ Pausanias. vii. 25. § 8, v. 14. § 8. Jump up ^ Homeros. Epigr. 7. 1 ; Stob. Eclog. i.p. 165, ed. Heeren. Jump up ^ Homer, Iliad 3. 104 ff ( trans. Lattimore ) ( Greek epic C8th B.C. ) Jump up ^ Joseph Fontenrose 1959 Jump up ^ Pindar, Pythian Ode 4 str 4 ( trans. Conway ) ( Greek lyric C5th B.C. ) Jump up ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece 10. 5. 5 ( trans. Jones ) ( Greek travelogue C2nd A.D. ) Jump up ^ Hansen, William F. ; Hansen, Randall ( 2004 ). Handbook of Classical Mythology ( 1 ed. ). ABC - CLIO, LLC. pp. 109 -- 112. ISBN 9781851096343. Jump up ^ Pausanias. vii. 25. § 8, v. 14. § 8. Jump up ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece 7. 25. 13 Jump up ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece 3. 12. 8 Jump up ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece Greece 1. 22. 3 Jump up ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece 8. 48. 8 Jump up ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece 1. 31. 4 Jump up ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece 5. 14. 10 Jump up ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece 7. 21. 11 Jump up ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece 1. 18. 7 ( trans. Jones ) ( Greek travelogue C2nd A.D. ) Jump up ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece 1. 24. 3 Jump up ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece 1. 28. 6 Jump up ^ Sarah M. Pike ( 13 August 2013 ). New Age and Neopagan Religions in America. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978 - 0 - 231 - 50838 - 4. Jump up ^ This chart is based upon Hesiod 's Theogony, unless otherwise noted. Jump up ^ According to Homer, Iliad 1.570 -- 579, 14.338, Odyssey 8.312, Hephaestus was apparently the son of Hera and Zeus, see Gantz, p. 74. Jump up ^ According to Hesiod, Theogony 927 -- 929, Hephaestus was produced by Hera alone, with no father, see Gantz, p. 74. Jump up ^ According to Hesiod, Theogony 886 -- 890, of Zeus ' children by his seven wives, Athena was the first to be conceived, but the last to be born ; Zeus impregnated Metis then swallowed her, later Zeus himself gave birth to Athena `` from his head '', see Gantz, pp. 51 -- 52, 83 -- 84. Jump up ^ According to Hesiod, Theogony 183 -- 200, Aphrodite was born from Uranus ' severed genitals, see Gantz, pp. 99 -- 100. Jump up ^ According to Homer, Aphrodite was the daughter of Zeus ( Iliad 3.374, 20.105 ; Odyssey 8.308, 320 ) and Dione ( Iliad 5.370 -- 71 ), see Gantz, pp. 99 -- 100. Jump up ^ More commonly held to be child of Phorcys and Ceto Jump up ^ More commonly held to be child of Gaia alone ^ Jump up to : This is a Roman name of a deity with no Greek counterpart. Jump up ^ Probably a Giant Jump up ^ Alcimus, ap. Schol. Theocrit. i. 65 ; Ellis, p. l. Jump up ^ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/tv/1990/09/16/captain-planet-zooms-to-the-rescue-of-the-environment/d2b76be5-d8af-4872-aaa6-2f75711ccbdb/?utm_term=.5c9b28849404 References Apollodorus, Apollodorus, The Library, with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press ; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921 Fontenrose, Joseph, Python : A Study of Delphic Myth and its Origins, Berkeley : University of California Press, 1959 ; reprint 1980 Hesiod, Theogony, in The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn - White, Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press ; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. Kerenyi, Karl, The Gods of the Greeks 1951 Ruck, Carl A.P. and Danny Staples, The World of Classical Myth, 1994. 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( Muses ) Daughters of Zeus Calliope Clio Euterpe Erato Melpomene Polyhymnia Terpsichore Thalia Urania Daughters of Apollo Apollonis Borysthenis Cephisso Muses of the Lyre Hypate Mese Nete Muses at Sicyon Polymatheia Charites ( Graces ) Aglaea Antheia Euphrosyne Hegemone Pasithea Thalia Horae ( Hours ) Dike Eirene Eunomia Children of Styx Bia Kratos Nike Zelos Aquatic deities Sea Gods Amphitrite Benthesikyme Brizo Calypso Ceto Glaucus The Ichthyocentaurs Kymopoleia Leucothea Melicertes Nereus Nerites The Nesoi Oceanus Phorcys Pontus / Thalassa Poseidon Proteus Rhodos Tethys Thaumas Thetis Triton Oceanids Acaste Admete Adrasteia Amalthea Asia Callirrhoe Ceto Clytie Dione Dodone Doris Electra Eurynome Idyia Melia Metis Nemesis Perse Pleione Plouto Styx Telesto Zeuxo Nereides Amphitrite Arethusa Dynamene Galatea Galene Psamathe Thetis Potamoi Achelous Almo Alpheus Anapos Asopus Asterion Axius Caanthus Cebren Cephissus Clitumnus Enipeus Kladeos Meander Nilus Numicus Phyllis Peneus Rivers 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Question: who did gaia and uranus gave birth to
Answer: Titans