mythologyofthepoetandthemuse:~The Great Mother of the gods~ As Great Mother or else Mother of the go
mythologyofthepoetandthemuse:~The Great Mother of the gods~ As Great Mother or else Mother of the gods, was called only one of the daughters of Gaia and Uranus, Rhea. Rhea gave birth to three male gods, Zeus, Poseidon and Hades and to three goddesses, Hera, Demeter and Hestia the virgin. These six gods are the beginning of all the coming generations of olympian gods and the goddess from which they originate can be named as the Great Goddess of the gods. Gaia, just like Rhea could also be named this way. Rhea was worshipped in Asia Minor as “Mother of the Mountains” and could be found related with many different mounts. In Minor Asia and Phrygia, she was known as ‘Mater Kubile’, that is Cybele. In Phrygia, the goddess usually has a crown like a wall on her head, one resembling a city, she plays with a lion, or lions drag her chariot.Invocation by Frederick Leighton. -- source link
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