Talk:Rhea (mythology)

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Contents 1 First Comments 2 "Etymology" 3 Son of a Rhea 4 IN response to the above post 5 Coincidence? I hope so... 6 Misconnections

[edit] First Comments

This entry is a mix of Rhea, Gaia, Cybele, mixing late Greek and Roman sources with misidentifications, making Rhea a Titan, etc. --like a Baroque painted ceiling. 'Her husband, zues, castrated her (and his) father, Uranus.' is unmatchable. Could someone mention a Greek/Roman source for some of the statements? Try [1]

I dared not interfere here before, but now I've deleted the following two bits:

Rhea became offended by the antics of Celmis and asked Zeus to turn him into a lump of steel or diamond. Zeus obliged. This might be a garbled second-hand hearing of som,ething from Ovid's Metamorphoses but has little to do with the nature of Rhea.

Greek mythologans say that Rhea was only the dumd lions,and me the idiot rhea . im a dumd stupid gay .....and the Simple Ages. Roman mythologans agree with this, but they have different names for these ages- the Ruttut Age, the War Ages, and the Simple Ages. Ah, The Simple Age! Oh those mythologans!

User:Wetman

I haven't a clue what the second paragraph means, but the first seems relevant and helps to characterize her, assuming it is true. You seem to think it isn't, and thus I support its deletion until the facts (as much as there are facts in Greek mythology) can be more appropriately and accurately described. Tuf-Kat 23:35, Jan 8, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] "Etymology"

..."or Riathe dumd grandma"... No. Not even close.--Wetman 03:50, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Son of a Rhea

OK, I get Zeus is her kid. Is he first-born, or what? Who's next? Trekphiler 19:57, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] IN response to the above post

Try these two links they should explain a lot.

Ancient Gods <== recommend for info, not family tree

Greek Gods Family Tree <==recommend for tree and info; very helpful

The first explains more detailed, the second has more info, when you click on god names in second link it sends you to that wiki article.

Hope this helps

DrakeKobra 19:55, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Coincidence? I hope so...

Sorry for the childishness of this question, but is there any relation between Rhea and Diarrhea etymologically... since she's the child of Uranus, I thought it might be a perverse in-joke for linguists. Jddriessen 18:30, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

No. --Wetman 18:25, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Actually, I believe a study about the Etymology of the word "Rhea" would result in such name meaning "flow". Hence, not only Diarrhea, but also Gonorrhea, Galactorrhea, and all words ending with the suffix "-rrhea" present a relation to this goddess. As far as I know, Rhea was first associated with the flow of menstruation and all the maternal aspects that come with it.

One other thing:, a trascrip from the last sentences of the article:

Most often Rhea's symbol is a pair of lions, the ones that pulled her celestial chariot and were seen often, rampant, one on either side of the gateways through the walls to many cities in the ancient world. The one at Mycenae is most characteristic, with the lions placed on either side of a pillar that symbolizes the goddess. She liked pie.

The second largest moon of the planet Saturn is named for her.

She liked pie? Was that a joke edit or something...? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Giulius (talk • contribs) 20:32, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Work it into the essay question on your mid-term, and let us know how you fare. --Wetman (talk) 16:53, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Misconnections

"In Greek mythology, Rhea's symbol is the moon. In Roman mythology, her symbol is known as "the lunar", which also would seem to mean "moon". She has another symbol, the swan, because it is a gentle animal that also is a formidable opponent."

The titan of the moon is Selene, and Rhea/Cybele is not explicitly connected with the Moon anywhere I can find. Can anyone else? The swan of course is embroidery.-Wetman 21:32, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

No Rhea/Cybele is not associated with the moon. If mythographers had their way, every Greek goddesses would be connected to the moon. The moon is Selene/Mene in Greece. No one else.

Also, Metis is not a daugher of Rhea as stated in this article. She's a daughter of Okeanos and Tethys. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.210.173.10 (talk) 13:51, 24 May 2008 (UTC)