Summary: Rhea is the Greek Mother Earth Goddess.

• names
• basic information
• relations
• herbs
• myths
• holy days
• priests/priestesses

names:

    Greek name: Rhea

    Roman name: Cybele

    (NOTE: In addition to native variations by locality or over time, there are often several possible transliterations into the Roman alphabet used for English.)

basic information:

    Rhea: Greek Mother Earth Goddess.

Rhea’s relations:

    Considered by the Greeks to be the same Goddess as the Roman Cybele.

herbs associated with Rhea:

• almond

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myths and beliefs:

    After Cronus had castrated Uranus, he and Rhea, his wife, took the throne; a time when there was peace and no violence. But Cronus heard that one of his sons would end up overruling him, so he decided to swallow all of his children. Rhea was worried; she didn’t want her children swallowed, so, for the 6th child, she gave her husband a rock to swallow in place of the baby, Zeus. She sent Zeus to Crete, and, in a cave on Mount Dicte, the divine goat Amaltheia raised the baby. Zeus was able to defeat Cronus, and Rhea had all of her other five children out of Cronus: Demeter, Hades, Hera, Hestia, and Poseidon.— k0oLgUrL

    Here is sumthin to add to yur Rhea site. Rhea’s mother, Gaea gave Cronus a powerful Medicine that made him throw up all the kids he swallowed.
    Also, Cronus was Rhea’s brother. So Rhea’s husband was her brother. yuck!— NOstaLgicpiGx

holy days:

    Saturday: Rhea is associated with Saturday.

other:

    Rhea — Mother Earth. From Pre-classic Greece to early Christian times she represented Gaia, the deified earth, and inherited many attributes of the ancient Sumerian goddess Inanna. —picture and text © 1996 JBL Statues (now called Sacred Source), original text created by Tom Laudeman

religious title certificate

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external links:

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