Maia’s Family Tree

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Family

• Jupiter(spouse),Mercury(child)— Consort

  Jupiter lay with the nymph Maia in a cave on Mount Cyllene, and she bore Mercury, who stole Apollo's sacred cattle on the very day of his birth.

Equivalent to

• Maia(Greek)

  Roman Maia was identified with the Greek Pleiad Maia, daughter of Atlas and mother of Hermes/Mercury, through interpretatio romana.

  ⚠ Roman Maia was originally an independent Italian earth-goddess of growth (Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.12.19) before being merged with the Greek Pleiad Maia, daughter of Atlas, through interpretatio.