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Gaia/Tellus


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Gaia/Tellus

Mother Earth


Pantheon: Olympian
Element: Earth
Sphere of Influence: Fertility and Protection
Preferred colors: Brown, Green
Associated symbol: Large-breasted woman, Earth
Animals associated with: Black Ewe , Horse
Best day to work with: Saturday
Strongest around Mabon
Suitable offerings: Fruits and Grain
Associated Planet: Earth

Gaia is Mother Earth, and Grandmother of the Olympians. She was mother to Rhea, whose son was Zeus. She is an early earth goddess born from Chaos, as was Eros. She gave birth to Pontus and Uranus, without outside help, but then bore the Titans with Uranus as their father. She also gave birth to the Cyclopes, the Hecatonchires, the Erinyes. The Gigantes (Giants) and the Furies were conceived after Uranus had been castrated by his son Cronus (at the request of Gaia), and his blood fell to earth from the open wound. The Earth then becamce separated from the Sky (Uranus). After that, Gaia gave birth to other offspring, this time fathered by Pontus (The Sea). They were the sea-god Nereus, Thaumas, Phorcys, Ceto and Eurybia. It is also stated in some mythology that Gaia had offspring to her brother Tartarus; they were Echidna and Typhon. Gaia saved Zeus, her grandson, from being swallowed by Cronus, who had been informed that one of his children would depose him, and so to get rid of his children he had swallowed them. Through Gaia's trickery, Zeus was saved. In Roman mythology she was known as Tellus or Terra. She is seen as the essence of primordial life, and of the Earth itself.

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Gaia, also spelled as "Gaea", "Gaïa", or "Ge", can refer to any one of the following:

* Gaia (mythology)| Gaia is a Greek and Roman goddess, also known as the Earth Mother.

* Gaia theory (science)| Gaia theory is a group of scientific theories about how life on Earth may regulate the planets biosphere to make it more hospitable to life. This article discusses all scientific views on the subject in general, including the views of Drs. James Lovelock, Lynn Margulis, Richard Dawkins, Carl Sagan, etc.

* Gaia philosophy is a set of varied philosophical views related to the Gaia theory.

* Gaia probe| Gaia is the name of a proposed space probe, set to launch in 2010 by the European Space Agency.

*Gaea crater|Gaea is a crater on Amalthea (moon)|Amalthea ( Jupiter (planet)|Jupiters third moon). It is 80 kilometers across and approximately 16 kilometers deep.

* Gaia (planet)| Gaia is a fictional planet set in Isaac Asimovs Foundation Series. It is society in which all animals, plants, and even inanimate matter are telepathically connected, forming a single sentient planet-wide entity.

* Gaia (chess)| Gaia is the name of a List of chess engines|chess engine.

*Several music albums are titled Gaia:
** Gaia (Olivia Newton-John, 1994)
** Gaia (Mägo de Oz, 2003)

* Gaia (comics)| Gaia is a fictional alien mutant in the Marvel Universe|Marvel comics universe.

*Vila Nova de Gaia ( Gaia new town) is a city in Portugal.

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