Gaia

Earth, Gaea

Wife of Ouranus and mother to many gods.

Genealogy

Ouranus

Agrius, Alcyoneus, Anax, Arges, Briareus, Brontes, Ceto, Charybdis, Clytius, Coeus, Cottus, Crius, Cronus, Dione, Echidna, Enceladus, Ephialtes, Erechtheus, Eurytus, Eurybia, Gration, Gyes, Hippolytus, Hyperion, Iapetus, Mimas, Mnemosyne, Nereus, Oceanus, Pallas, Phoebe, Phorcus, Polybotes, Porphyrion, Rhea, Steropes, Tethys, Thaumas, Themis, Thia, Thoas, Triptolemus, Typhon

Places
  1. Athens
  2. Cilicia
  3. Nowhere
  4. Pallene
  5. Phlegrae
  6. Trapezus
  7. Unknown
Events
  1. Wedding of Gaia and Ouranus
  2. The birth of the Hundred-Handed
  3. The birth of the Cyclopes.
  4. The birth of the Titans
  5. Gaia persuades Cronus and the Titans to attack Ouranus
  6. Gaia prophesies victory for Zeus against the Titans
  7. Giants born
  8. Typhon born
  9. Gaia presents Zeus with golden apples on the occasion of his marriage to Hera
  10. Gaia prevents Zeus from killing Nyctimus
  11. Erechtheus was born from the soil (Gaia), but fostered by Zeus’ daughter Athena
  12. Phorcus, Thaumas, Nereus, Eurybia and Ceto are born
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 1.1
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 1.2
  3. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 1.3
  4. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 1.4
  5. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 1.5
  6. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 2.1
  7. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 2.6
  8. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 3.6
  9. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 5.2
  10. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 6.1
  11. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 6.3
  12. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 1.2
  13. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 5.11
  14. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 8.1
  15. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 3, Section 95
  16. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 3, Section 267
  17. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 19, Section 249
  18. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 2.6
  19. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 14.3
  20. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 18.7
  21. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 22.3
  22. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 24.3
  23. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 28.6
  24. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 31.4
  25. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 35.6
  26. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 35.8
  27. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 11.9
  28. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 12.8
  29. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 20.2
  30. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 21.8
  31. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 4, Section 1.5
  32. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 14.10
  33. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 21.11
  34. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 25.13
  35. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 18.2
  36. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 25.8
  37. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 25.10
  38. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 48.8
  39. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 27.2
  40. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 29.1
  41. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 5.5
  42. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 5.6
  43. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 6.6
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