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Gaia (Mythology)
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Finalmente, Gaia não deve ser confundida com as "deusas-mães" pré-helênicas, ligadas à vegetação e aos animais selvagens. Aparentemente, esses atributos foram incorporados por Afrodite, Ártemis, Deméter e Cibele, deusas mais jovens; Gaia está ligada apenas às forças primevas da criação.
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Gaia is believed by some sources (Joseph Fontenrose 1959 and others) to be the original deity behind the Oracle at Delphi. She passed her powers on to, depending on the source, Poseidon, Apollo or Themis. Apollo is the best-known as the oracle power behind Delphi, long established by the time of Homer, having killed Gaia's child Python there and usurped the chthonic power. Hera punished Apollo for this by sending him to King Admetus as a shepherd for nine years.
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