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Gypsy Girl (Gaea)
Scholars have suggested that the Gypsy Girl, named for the wild look in her
eyes, might be Gaea, goddess of the Earth. Hesiod, the 8th-century
B.C. Greek poet, whose account of how the gods came into existence is
considered the classic version, says that in the beginning there was Chaos,
which in Greek means "yawning." Into that yawning, or void, came Gaea (Earth),
Tartarus (the lowest region of the underworld), Eros (Love), Erebus (the
personification of Tartarus) and Night. With Uranus, god of the sky, Gaea gave
birth to the Titans, 12 gods that included Oceanus and Tethys.
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