Earth Mother
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A symbol in many ancient
myth systems of the Earth, the source of all life and
the power to create life. In Greek mythology, Gaia
was the personification of the Earth Mother. She
was born out of Chaos and herself gave birth to the
races of gods, giants, monsters, and other creatures.
Several Roman goddesses have elements of the Earth
Mother in their characteristics. Tellus and Fauna
both represented the fertility of nature.
In many ancient myth systems, women were the
supreme gods and the Earth Mother ruled over them
all. Over time, however, mythologies with supreme male
gods gradually replaced these older systems. In Greece,
Gaia represents this older system and Zeus represents
the younger, patriarchal ruling family. Scholars see
remnants of Earth Mothers in most mythologies.
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- Rhea (Earth) Greek A Titan, the mother of the great ruling gods of Olympus.
- Prometheus (Forethought) Greek One of the Titans, descended from the Earth Mother (Gaia) and the Sky Father (Uranus); son of Iapetus and one of the daughters of Oceanus, possibly Clymene; brother of Atlas and Epimetheus; father of Deucalion.
- Gaia (Gaea, Ge; Earth) Greek The personification of the Earth Mother in Greek mythology; known to the Romans as Tellus.
- Earth Mother A symbol in many ancient myth systems of the Earth, the source of all life and the power to create life.
- Hercules (mythology) I INTRODUCTION Pollaiuolo's Hercules et Antaeus In a wrestling match, Hercules triumphed over the mighty giant Antaeus, who received his strength from his mother, the Earth goddess Gaia.