Gaia (deity)
Gaia (Γαῖα, lit. "earth, land"), also spelled Gaea,[1] is the primordial personification of Earth in Greek mythology[2] considered the mother to all living things. Her Roman counterpart is called Terra.[1]
According to Hesiod's 8th century BCE poem Theogony, Gaia created and then mated with Uranus, bearing the twelve Titans, the three Cyclopes, and the three Hekatonchires. However, repulsed by the latter two groups' monstrous appearances upon birth, Uranus shoved them back into Gaia. Enraged, she forged a sickle of either flint or adamantine and asked the Titans to take revenge for her. Only Kronos was brave enough to take it and castrate Uranus, whose blood fell to Earth and spawned the Erinyes, the Giants, and the ash tree nymphs called Meliae,[1] while his genitals were cast in the ocean and the sperm spontaneously birthed the goddess Aphrodite.[3]
Gaia was the first possessor of the Oracle of Delphi, before granting it to the Titan Themis, who in turn passed it onto the god Apollo after he slew the Python.[1]
Appearances
- Assassin's Creed: Origins (first mentioned)
- Assassin's Creed: Odyssey (mentioned only)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3
Gaia (deity) on Wikipedia
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Origins – The Final Weighing
- ↑ Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece – Discovery Sites: Kythera: "Aphrodite and Salt"