The ancient Greeks call the early periods when the earth had not yet taken its original shape, Chaos. After this period of chaos, legendary gods bring order to the untouched lands. Gaia is the first to emerge from this Chaos. It first gives life to Uranos and then to Pontus (the sea god), who brings life to the earth with his harmonious waves. Gaia, the owner of this life force and a cosmic being rather than a god, is known as the oldest goddess who started the lineage of all gods. This is why soil has been called the Mother Goddess by humanity since ancient times. Earth, which is likened to femininity due to its life-giving, healing and growing power, symbolizes the immortality of the goddess with its constantly renewing and endless energy.
The three different periods of a woman, such as her youth, her motherhood and her old age, are likened to the seasonal changes of the soil. The soil that blooms and turns green in spring is identified with the woman's youth, the soil that bears fruit at the end of summer is identified with her motherhood, and the soil that dries and hardens in winter is identified with the woman's old age. It carries within itself the sprouts of endless renewal with rebirth at the end of each winter. In this sense, the great goddess is the one who holds the power to produce, the creator of life.
