The Titan Goddess Rhea is Mother of the Heavens and worshiped by ancient Greece.
Titan
Sired thousands of years ago by the primordial Sky Father Ouranos and the Earth Mother Gaea, the Titan Rhea is banished to the netherworld Tartarus alongside her siblings, and the cyclopes and centimanes. When Gaea urges the Titans to attack Ouranos, Rhea’s brother Cronus slays their father, taking his place as Sky Father and leading the realm of Olympus with Rhea by his side.
Mother of Gods
Rhea is the mother to the gods of Olympus and possesses traits of the Titans, including vast superhuman strength, durability, endurance, healing, and longevity. Resistant to conventional diseases, Rhea can recover from wounds and be resurrected from death, making her virtually immortal. Like other Titans, she can manipulate cosmic energy.
Titan Ties and Turbulence
Rhea’s children include Goddess of Harvest and Earth, Demeter; Lord of the Underworld, Hades, AKA Pluto; Goddess of Marriage, Hera; Goddess of the Home, Vesta, AKA Hestia; the Sea God, Poseidon; and eventually the Sky Father Zeus, God of the Heavens.
Although connected to Cronus by blood and marriage, Rhea does not abide by his appetite for their children, so she hides their last child from him.
A Mother’s Love
Before Ouranos died, he prophesied that Cronus would likewise be dethroned by his own children. To prevent this, Cronus consumed his children as they emerged from Rhea’s womb. Appalled, Rhea concealed her sixth pregnancy and birthed Zeus on Earth. She hid Zeus away in a cave beneath Crete.
Upon reaching adulthood, Zeus poisoned Cronus to disgorge his siblings, but also freed the cyclopes and centimanes from Tartarus, who participated in the 10-year war against the Titans. Zeus then sat upon the throne as the new Sky Father of Olympia.
