Rhea (Earth) Greek A Titan, the mother of the great ruling gods of Olympus.
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Rhea (Earth) Greek A Titan, the mother of the great ruling gods of Olympus. She was the daughter of Gaia and Uranus (Heaven); the sister-wife of Cronus; and the mother of Demeter, Hades, Hera, Hestia, Poseidon, and Zeus. The story of Rhea is a near-repetition of that of her mother Gaia. Her father, Uranus, jealous of Gaia's children, had them confined under the Earth, but with Gaia's help the bravest son, Cronus, overcame his father and banished him. When Cronus became the husband of his sister Rhea, they had many children, of whom Cronus was so jealous that he swallowed them. Rhea managed to save Zeus, who rescued his siblings and went to war with Cronus. Rhea was identified with the Earth Mother and goddess of fertility. Her cult was strongest in Crete, which some say was the birthplace of Zeus. She was identified with Cybele and also known as Agdistis. In Roman mythology she was identified with Ops, goddess of the harvest. Rhea, though a shadowy figure herself, was widely worshiped under various names as an Earth goddess.
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- Theia (Radiant) Greek A first-generation Titan goddess of sight and the shining light of the blue sky; daughter of Gaia and Uranus; mother, with Hyperion, of the gods who brought light to humans: Helios (Sun), Selene (Moon), and Eos (Dawn).
- Leto Greek A Titan; daughter of Coeus and Phoebe; mother, by Zeus, of the twin deities, Artemis and Apollo.
- Mnemosyne (Memory) Greek A Titan, daughter of Gaia and Uranus; with Zeus, mother of the Muses.
- Neda Greek One of the oldest of the Oceanids, sea Nymph daughters of the Titan gods, Oceanus and Tethys; considered by many Greek writers to be a second-generation Titan.
- Olympian gods Greek The 12 (sometimes 13) major deities who lived atop Mount Olympus; the primary gods of the Greek pantheon of classical Greece.