What is Terra (mythology)?
'''Terra''' is the [[Roman mythology|Roman]] form of [[Gaia (mythology)|Gaia]] (Greek). She is the [[Deity|goddess]] of the [[Earth]]. Her [[husband]] is Caelus, an ancient god of the sky (heavens). They are the [[parent]]s of the [[Titans]] & [[giant]]s.<ref>Henry Gibbons Lotspeich, ''Classical Mythology in the Poetry of Edmund Spenser'' (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1932), p. 112, [https://www.questia.com/read/7478304 via Questia.com]{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> One day, [[thousand]]s of years ago, Terra convinced her son, [[Saturn (mythology)|Saturn]], to take his father's [[scythe]] and chop his father up with it. Saturn did as his mother told him. He scattered Caelus's pieces across the [[cosmos]]. When one piece hit the water, it gave birth to [[Venus (mythology)|Venus]], the goddess of [[love]]. This, effectively, makes Venus the oldest of all the gods & goddess'. == References == {{reflist}} {{history-stub}} [[Category:Roman gods and goddesses]] [[Category:Gods and goddesses of fertility]]