"Gaea" acrylic, oil, enamel, bee's wax 36" by 48" Now showing at Loft Gallery, Clarksburg, ON.Gaea, the earth goddess, formed from original chaos, second after Eros (love), followed by Erebos(darkness) and Nyx (night). Gaea gave birth to Uranos, the heavens, and Pontos, the unfruitful sea. Eros began to stir up these forces and create pairings. Gaea was paired with Uranos and they produced Titans, Hekatoncheires, and Kyklopes. The twelve Titans represented the forces of nature. The three Hekatoncheires, each with a hundred hands, represented the crashing force of waves and earthquakes. And then there were the three one-eyed Kyklopes whose flashing eye represented storms and volcanoes. Thus love created the most powerful forces of the world.
Source: Who's Who in Mythology, Alexander S Murray, British Museum.
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