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Gaea vs Rhea - What's the difference?

gaea | rhea |

As proper nouns the difference between gaea and rhea

is that gaea is a Greek goddess: the personification of the earth, and one of the primordial deities from whom all the others descend while Rhea is a Titan, the daughter of Uranus and Gaia, the mother of Demeter, Hades, Hera, Hestia, Poseidon, and Zeus.

As a noun rhea is

a large flightless bird of the genus Rhea, native to South America.

gaea

English

Alternative forms

* Gaia * * Ge

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • (Greek mythology) A Greek goddess: the personification of the earth, and one of the primordial deities from whom all the others descend.

    • See also

    * Pangaea * Tellus * Terra * (Gaia hypothesis) * (Gaia philosophy)

    rhea

    English

    (wikipedia rhea) (wikispecies)

    Etymology 1

    Modern (etyl), from the mother of Zeus in Greek mythology, .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A large flightless bird of the genus Rhea , native to South America.

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

  • A flax plant; ramie.

    • Anagrams

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