The pagan Greek festival held in spring was in honor of Rhea, mother of the gods. This custom was introduced to Rome by Greece around 250 B.C. The Roman festival was called Hilaria, or “Mother ...

The tradition dates back to pagan celebrations in ancient Greece in honor of Rhea, the mother of the gods. In Rome, too, Cybele, a mother of goddesses, was worshipped as early as 250 B.C. In the ...

The Earth Mother advised Rhea to hide her sixth-born child, Zeus, and to give Cronus a blanket-wrapped stone to swallow instead. Zeus was raised in secret in a cave on Mount Dikti on the island Crete.

Rhea is named after the Greek "mother of the gods," a Titan who was the daughter of Uranus and Gaea (also spelled Gaia), according to Britannica. She married her brother Cronus and was the mother ...

The first traces of Mother's Day can be found in Greek mythology when goddess Rhea, the mother of Zeus, was honoured in spring. In the Middle East, most countries celebrate the day on March 21 ...