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GAIA (part 2)

Greek Mythology
Roman Mythology
Mother Earth/Earth Mother
All life began with her
Goddess of Death

This is the name of a vast primordial giantess in the classical mythology of Greece and Rome. GAIA, also known as GE and GAEA, was depicted as a gigantic female being. She was the mother figure who produced PONTUS and URANUS and by him the giant races of TITANS, the CYCLOPES, and HECATONCHERIRES (HUNDRED-HANDED-GIANTS), the FURIES. From the depths of Tartarus she produced the monstrous TYPHON, and by PONTUS she produced NEREUS, PHORCYS, and THAUMUS.

Source: Giants, Monsters, and Dragons: An Encyclopedia of Folklore, Legend, and Myth

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