![]() ![]() The story of Uranus' castration at the hands of Cronus due to Gaia's involvement is seen as the explanation for why Heaven and Earth are separated. Gaia is the Greek Equivalent to the Roman goddess, Terra. Gaia is a mother earth figure and is seen as the mother of all the gods, while also being the seat on which they exist. Gaia was one of the first beings to be formed from Chaos in Hesiod's theogony, and parthenogenetically gave birth to Heaven, who would later become her husband and her equal, the Sea, and to the high Mountains Chaos is the parent to Night and Darkness, although Chaos is never given a distinct gender. In some stories, Chaos is seen as existing beneath Tartarus. In some accounts Chaos existed first alongside Eros and Nyx, while in others Chaos is the first and only thing in the universe. Chaos is both seen as a deity and a thing, with some sources seeing chaos as the gap between Heaven and Earth. ![]() In some variations of Hesiod's creation myth, in Greek mythology, Chaos is the first being to ever exist. Eros (Love) (male) (the son of Aphrodite and Ares in later myths).Heaven and Ocean (virginally born of Earth).Light and Day (born of Night and Darkness).Earth, and Eros." Īccording to Hesiod, the next primordial gods that come to be are: After invoking the Muses (II.1–116), he tells of the generation of the first four primordial deities: ![]() 700 BC) tells the story of the genesis of the gods. ![]()
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