Gaia (mythology) - Children

Children

Gaia is the personification of the Earth and these are her offspring as related in various myths. Some are related consistently, some are mentioned only in minor variants of myths, and others are related in variants that are considered to reflect a confusion of the subject or association.

• By herself

1. Uranus
2. Pontus
3. Ourea

• With Uranus

1. Cyclopes
   1. Arges
   2. Brontes
   3. Steropes
2. Hecatonchires
   1. Briareus
   2. Cottus
   3. Gyes
3. Titans
   1. Coeus
   2. Crius
   3. Cronus
   4. Hyperion
   5. Iapetus
   6. Mnemosyne
   7. Oceanus
   8. Phoebe
   9. Rhea
   10. Tethys
   11. Theia
   12. Themis
4. Other
   1. Mneme
   2. Melete
   3. Aoide
   4. Gigantes*
   5. Erinyes*
   6. Meliae*
   7. Elder Muses

Some said that children marked with a * were born from Uranus' blood when Cronus defeated him.

• With Pontus

1. Ceto
2. Phorcys
3. Eurybia
4. Nereus
5. Thaumas

• With Poseidon

1. Antaeus
2. Charybdis[Laistrygones Laistrygon

• With Oceanus

1. Kreousa
2. Triptolemos

• With Tartarus

1. Typhon
2. Echidna (more commonly held to be child of Phorcys and Ceto)
3. Campe (presumably)

• With Zeus

1. Manes

• With Hephaestus

1. Erichthonius of Athens

• With Aether

1. Uranus (more commonly held to be child of Gaia alone)
2. Aergia

• Unknown father or through parthenogenesis

1. Pheme
2. Cecrops
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