What is Gaia?
{{other uses}} {{Infobox deity | type = Greek | name = Gaia | deity_of = [[Earth Mother|Primordial Deity of the Earth]] | member_of = the [[Protogenoi]] | image = Feuerbach Gaea.jpg | alt = | caption = ''Gaea'', by [[Anselm Feuerbach]] (1875) | other_names = | hiro = | script_name = | script = | affiliation = | cult_center = | abode = [[Earth]] | planet = | consort = [[Uranus (mythology)|Uranus]], [[pontus (mythology)|Pontus]], [[Aether (mythology)|Aether]] and [[Tartarus]] | parents = None, or [[Aether (mythology)|Aether]] and [[Hemera]] ([[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]]) | siblings = None, or [[Nyx]], [[Erebus]], [[Tartarus]], [[Eros]], or [[Uranus (mythology)|Uranus]], [[Thalassa (mythology)|Thalassa]] | offspring = [[Uranus (mythology)|Uranus]], [[Pontus (mythology)|Pontus]], the [[Ourea]], [[Hecatonchires]], [[Cyclops|Cyclopes]], [[Titan (mythology)|Titans]], [[Gigantes|The Gigantes]], [[Nereus]], [[Thaumus]], [[Phorcys]], [[Ceto]], [[Eurybia (mythology)|Eurybia]], [[Aergia]], [[Typhon]], and [[Python (mythology)|Python]] | predecessor = | successor = | army = | mount = | texts = | Greek_equivalent = | Roman_equivalent = [[Terra (mythology)|Terra]], [[Tellus (mythology)|Tellus]] | Etruscan_equivalent = | Christian_equivalent = | Slavic_equivalent = | Hinduism_equivalent = | Canaanite_equivalent = | region = | ethnic_group = | festivals = }} '''Gaia''' ({{lang-grc|Γαῖα}}), also spelled '''Gaea''', is the [[personification]] of the [[Earth]] in [[Greek mythology]]. She was a primordial being, one of the first to have sprung forth from the void of [[Chaos (mythology)|Chaos]]. She is the mother and wife of [[Uranos|Ouranos]] (Father Sky), with whom she sired the [[Titan (mythology)|Titans]], the [[Hekatonkheires]], and the [[Cyclops|Elder Cyclopes]]. Other children of Gaia include [[Pontus (mythology)|Pontus]] (the sea), and the storm giant [[Typhon]]. Her [[R