Gaia

Greek · deity · primordial · Recorded classification

Primordial Earth, mother of Uranus, the Titans and many monsters.

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εὐρύστερνος greek · eurysternos · literaryBroad-breasted / broad-bosomed; the wide Earth of the TheogonyHes. Theog. 117 (Γαῖ' εὐρύστερνος) (primary)
παμμήτωρ greek · pammetor · literaryMother of all; the universal mother EarthAesch. PV 90 (παμμῆτόρ τε γῆ) (primary)
κουροτρόφος greek · kourotrophos · hymnicNurturer of the young; Earth as nourisher of all living thingsHymn. Hom. 30.1-2 (to Gaia, mother of all) (primary)

interpretatio: Earth-and-Water Mother ApiReciprocal of scythian_api.interpretatio — Hdt: 'Earth (Ge), in Scythian Api', wife of Papaios. Preserves the sky-earth primal pair; breaks on Api's likely water-element (the name suggests Iranian ap- 'water'), which Hdt's gloss flattens.Herodotus, Histories 4.59 (primary)
counterpart of: GaiaThe hymn addresses this deity in an Orphic ritual context; Greek genealogy is not imported.Orphic Hymns, 25 (Thomas Taylor numbering; modern hymn 26) (primary)