Gaia, Mother of the Earth by catsy_lu
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it's Gaia, the Primordial Mother!
Info from wikipedia: Hesiod's Theogony (116ff) tells how, after Chaos, arose broad-breasted Gaia the everlasting foundation of the gods of Olympus. She brought forth Ouranos, the starry sky, her equal, to cover her, the hills, and the fruitless deep of the Sea, Pontus, "without sweet union of love," out of her own self through parthenogenesis. But afterwards, as Hesiod tells it, she lay with her son, Uranus, and bore the World-Ocean Oceanus, Coeus and Crius and the Titans Hyperion and Iapetus, Theia and Rhea, Themis, Mnemosyne, and Phoebe of the golden crown, and lovely Tethys. "After them was born Cronus the wily, youngest and most terrible of her children, and he hated his lusty sire." Hesiod mentions Gaia's further offspring conceived with Uranus: first the giant one-eyed Cyclopes: Brontes ("thunderer"), Sterodes ("lightning") and the "bright" Arges: "Strength and might and craft were in their works." Then he adds the three terrible hundred-handed sons of Earth and Heaven, the Hecatonchires: Cottus, Briareos and Gyges, each with fifty heads. Uranus hid the Hecatonchires and the Cyclopes in Tartarus so that they would not see the light, rejoicing in this evil doing. This caused pain to Gaia (Tartarus was her bowels) so she created grey flint (or adamantine) and shaped a great flint sickle, gathering together Cronos and his brothers to ask them to obey her. Only Cronos, the youngest, had the daring to take the flint sickle she made, and castrate his father as he approached Gaia to have intercourse with her. And from the drops of blood and semen, Gaia brought forth still more progeny, the strong Erinyes and the armoured Gigantes and the ash-tree Nymphs called the Meliae.
Edited 'cause I found out that I wasn't that lazy ^_~
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Comments (13)
ladiesmen
good work, great effect and colors
ScotHarvest
GOOD STUFF: Excellent render, love the grass and all the other features that give it depth! CRITQUE: The lettering across the middle kinda looks odd. All in ALL 7.5 out of 10
gloriatanta
Thankyou so much, honey! I just adored it, my little girl! Wonderful watermark, dear! ;) Stunning Work! Hugs and kisses! +5
JSGraphics
Awesome work! Very Well Done!
Tracesl
fantastic scene, excellent FX and setting
Thetis
wonderful image, very enchanting
tamburro
Adorei a aula sobre Gaia.... Seu trabalho está sensacional!!!!! Os efeitos a pose....é magia!!!! Parabéns!!!! Vai para meus favoritos!!! Abraços. Orlando Tamburro
ragouc
Very good light and scene. Cool effect.
MarciaGomes
BELISSIMA OBRA SUPER CIAÇÃO MARAVILHOSO CARACTER ADOREI O VESTIDO INCRIVEL EFEITO,FANTÁSTICO BACKGROUND.++++++++++++5 OBRIGADO PELA INFORMAÇÃO SOBRE GAIA FABULOSOS TEXTO.
renecyberdoc
so he castrated his father how brutal,but then hehehehe. great story to go with the image.
mrestey
Beautiful! Excellent post-work.
brewgirlca
A great rendition of this Goddess. I love Goddess work and you have done a fine job on this one. Very nice use of dark lighting, that is not an easy task to do but your render shows through. A nice touch to have a brightly lit earth. Post work is well-done.
JeffersonAF
Trabalho fantastico, parabéns.