Gaia - Gaia (English spelling)

Japanese: ガイア - がいあ(英語表記)Gaia
Gaia - Gaia (English spelling)

A Greek goddess who personifies the earth. She is also called Ge. She corresponds to the Roman Tellus. She is often identified with or confused with other earth goddesses such as Demeter, Ceres, and Cybele. According to Hesiod, she was born from the abyss of Chaos along with Tartarus and Eros, married her son Uranus and gave birth to the Titans, Cyclopes, and Hecatonchires, and also persuaded her son Cronus to cut off his genitals. From their blood she gave birth to the Erinyes, Gigas, and Melias, and then she mated with her son Pontus and gave birth to Nereus, Thaumas, Phorcys, Ceto, and Eurybia. She is also said to have given birth to many other monsters. Her most distinctive power is to be a witness to oaths.

[Kazuhiko Tange]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

大地を人格化したギリシア神話の女神。ゲーGeともいう。ローマのテルスにあたる。またデメテル、ケレス、キベレのような大地女神ともしばしば同一視あるいは混同されている。ヘシオドスによれば、彼女はタルタロス、エロスとともに混沌(こんとん)の深淵(しんえん)カオスから生まれ、自らの子であるウラノスと結婚してティタン、キクロペス、ヘカトンケイルを生み、またわが子クロノスをそそのかして父ウラノスの陽物を切り取らせた。そして、その血を受けてエリニエス、ギガス、メリアスを生んだが、さらにわが子ポントスとも交わって、ネレウス、タウマス、フォルキス、ケト、エウリビアを生んだ。このほか多くの怪物が彼女から生まれたとされている。そのもっとも特徴的な権能は「誓言の証人」である。

[丹下和彦]

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