Greek Mythology Link - a collection of myths retold by Carlos Parada, author of Genealogical Guide to Greek Mythology.

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From Great Goddesses by Nikita Gill | Gaia, in Greek mythology, is the primal goddess and personification of the Earth. She is considered the ancestral mother of all life and the nourisher of the planet. | Mother of all beings | Creator of Life | Goddess of Maternity and Fertility | #greekmythology #gaia #motherearth #nikitagill #poetry #greekpoems

The Hecatoncheires, also known as the Hundred Handers, are giant beings from Greek myth who are brothers to the Titans and the Greek gods. Born with one hundred hands and fifty heads, all flailing awkwardly in opposite directions, the Hekatonkheires were seen as disgusting by their father Ouranos and imprisoned back inside their mother's womb. The most well known of the Hekatonkheire are the three siblings, firstborn among the Hekatonkheire. These three were named Briareus or Aegaeon (the…

Today's mythology word is geology, which comes from the name of the Greek goddess Gaia, which is also the Greek word for the earth herself. To learn more about Gaia, see Wikipedia. There are many more words formed from this same Greek root: geography, geode, geodesic, geometry, geopolitcal, etc. The name "George" also contains the same root: "George" is from the Greek word georgos, "farmer," someone who works the earth (geo-ergos). This is a statue of Gaia in Lysá nad Labem (Czech Republic).