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Rhea or Rheia (/ ˈ r iː ə /; [1] Ancient Greek: Ῥέα or Ῥεία [r̥ěː.aː]) is a mother goddess in ancient Greek religion and mythology, the Titan daughter of the earth goddess Gaia and the sky god Uranus, himself a son of Gaia.
Rhea (or Rea) Silvia (Latin: [ˈreːa ˈsɪɫu̯ia]), also known as Ilia, [1] (as well as other names) [a] was the mythical mother of the twins Romulus and Remus, who founded the city of Rome. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] This event was portrayed numerous times in Roman art. [ 5 ]
Mat Zemlya, ancient goddess of the earth; Mokosh, goddess of fertility, moisture, women, the earth, and death. One of the oldest and only goddess in the slavic religion, Old Kievan pantheon of AD 980 mentions Mokoš, which survives in East Slavic folk traditions. Known as a woman who in the evening spins flax and wool, shears sheep, and has a ...
Rhea: Ῥέα (Rhéa) Goddess of fertility, motherhood and the mountain wilds. She is the sister and consort of Cronus, and mother of Zeus, Hades, Poseidon, Hera, Demeter, and Hestia. Tethys: Τηθύς (Tēthýs) Goddess of fresh-water, and the mother of the rivers, springs, streams, fountains, and clouds. Theia: Θεία (Theía)
Hesiod's Theogony, (c. 700 BC) which could be considered the "standard" creation myth of Greek mythology, [1] tells the story of the genesis of the gods. After invoking the Muses (II.1–116), Hesiod says the world began with the spontaneous generation of four beings: first arose Chaos (Chasm); then came Gaia (the Earth), "the ever-sure foundation of all"; "dim" Tartarus (the Underworld), in ...
Goddess of the hearth, fire and of the right ordering of domesticity and the family; she was born into the first Olympian generation and was one of the original twelve Olympians. She is the first child of Cronus and Rhea, the elder sister of Hades, Demeter, Poseidon, Hera, and Zeus.
So they sent Rhea to Lyctus on Crete to bear Zeus, and Gaia took the newborn Zeus to raise, hiding him deep in a cave beneath Mount Aigaion. [50] Meanwhile, Rhea gave Cronus a huge stone wrapped in baby's clothes which he swallowed thinking that it was another of Rhea's children. [51] "Fall of the Titans". Oil on canvas by Jacob Jordaens, 1638.
Epithets of Rhea (mythology) (1 P) Pages in category "Rhea (mythology)" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.