Terra

deity earth Roman single tradition · 6

Terra is the mother of the Gigantes Runcus and Purpureus (Porphyrion), according to Naevius' poem on the Punic war.

↻ synthesized from 6 sources

When

First attested
300 BCE
Attested period
-300 – 2020
Historical notes
Mentioned in a fragment of Naevius' poem on the Punic war.

Relationships

syncretized with
Vesta, Cel
consort of
Aether
aspect of
Gaia
sibling of
Mare, Caelus
child of
Aether, Dies

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Sources

Source passages

“Runcus ac Purpureus filii Terras.”

#6428 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Her Greek counterpart is Gaia and her Roman is counterpart is Terra.”

#27106 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“The Genealogy or Preface of Gaius Julius Hyginus's Fabulae, lists Dione among the children of Terra (Earth) and Aether.”

#28117 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“According to the Roman mythographer Hyginus, Terra (Earth, the Roman equivalent of Gaia), Caelus (Sky, the Roman equivalent of Uranus) and Mare (Sea) are the children of Aether and Dies (Day, the Roman equivalent of Hemera).”

#28412 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Hyginus says that, in addition to Caelus, Aether and Dies were also the parents of Terra (Earth), and Mare (Sea).”

#28447 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5