\b0 Extremely ancient Greek goddess linked to the worship of the earth. She was considered the daughter of \b \cf4 \ATXht12102
Uranus\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 and \b \cf4 \ATXht10700 Gaea \b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 and the wife of \b \cf4 \ATXht10332 Cronus\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , to whom she bore the \b \cf4 \ATXht30 main deities\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 of \b \cf4 \ATXht11507 Olympus\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 : Hestia
, Demeter, Hera, Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus. Since Cronus had the habit of swallowing all his children as soon as they were born out of fear that one of them would overthrow him, Rhea gave birth to the last in hiding, on Crete, and presented Cronus with a
stone wrapped in cloth to swallow. When the time came, Zeus deposed his father and made him vomit up his brothers and sisters.