Gaea

Gaea is the Greek goddess of the earth.

Mythology
Gaea came into existence shortly after Chaos appeared. She had several children without a partner, one of which included Ouranos. She married Ouranos and had several children with him. Their first set of children, the Hekatonkheires, were thrown into Tartarus by Ouranos because each of them had fifty heads and one hundred hands. Ouranos and Gaea's second brood of children were the Cyclopes. They were also thrown into Tartarus because they each only had one eye. Gaea then bore Ouranos the Titans, which Ouranos was pleased with.

Gaea disliked that her eldest children were imprisoned in Tartarus so she went to her six titan sons and told them to overthrow their father. Kronos was the only one brave enough to do so and she fashioned him a sickled out of the hardest metals of the earth. Kronos convinced four of his brothers to aid him by grabbing onto and holding down his father while he dismembered him and threw his body pieces into the sea, creating the sea foam.

Kronos, dishonoring his promise to release his older siblings from Tartarus, angered Gaea with his actions. Fearing that one of his children would do to him what he did to his father, Kronos swallowed his first five children whole the day that they were born. Rhea, Gaea's daughter and Kronos' wife, hid her sixth child in a cave and tricked Kronos into thinking a rock was his last child. This child, Zeus, grew up and overthrew his father and took control of Olympus.

Zeus released Gaea's eldest six children from Tartarus but he then imprisoned her six titan sons in Tartarus for fighting against him. Since Gaea's titan sons were now imprisoned, she sired Typhon with the deity Tartarus and he waged war on the gods. Typhon was defeated and then Gaea and Tartarus sired the Gigantes. Most of the Gigantes were killed by the gods or at least punished or imprisoned.

Abode
Gaea is the goddess of the earth and is the great mother of all, since everything in the heavens, sea, and earth are descended from her. Her sacred animals include the serpent, bees, pigs, and the lunar bull.

Family

 * No Parents
 * Husband(s): Ouranos, Pontus, and Tartarus
 * Children: Ouranos, The Hekatonkheires, The Elder Cyclopes, The Titans, or See All