GREEK MYTHOLOGY

GAIA

• Formed from Greek mythology
• Personification of the earth
• Gave birth to Uranus, God of the sky
• Gaia means land
• Known as Mother Earth

CHILDREN FROM GAIA

• Mountains; Nymphs live their
• Pantos; God of Sea.
• Okeanos; God of ocean

URANUS

• Father of the sky
• Son and husband of Gaia
• Father to the first generation of Titans
• Aether and Hemera

KRONOS AND RHEA

• Kronos; son of Gaia and uranus
• Ate his children because he thought they would overthrow him
• Wife rhea tricked him into not eating one of his kids Zeus
• Zeus grew up and overthrew Kronos with his elder siblings (alive in Kronos' body)
• They became Olympic gods

RESOURCES

• Gly.uga.edu
• Wikipedia