Geb, the god of the earth may also be called other names: Seb or Keb (Lindermans "Seb").

As the brother to Nut, the goddess of the sky, they both were in love with one another and they wanted to have children. Even though this is incest in our modern times, they were deeply in love. Nut's husband is Ra (may also be called Re), the most important of the Egyptian gods and the god of the sun. With all the power that he held, he cursed Nut when he found out and proclaimed that she could not bear any child within the 360 days of the year (this is the amount of days during this time). Nut then went to ask Thoth (may also be called Djeheuty, Tahuti, Tehuti, or Zehuti), the god of wisdom, for help in solving her predicament (Edkins "Nut and Geb). It should also be noted that Nut was in love with Thoth too since Nut is quoted in "World Mythology: An Anthology of the Great Myths and Epics" as saying to Thoth, "Surely, one of the children within me is yours!" (Rosenberg 170). Thoth then went to Jah (may also be called Joh), the god of the moon, to see if he could win some pieces of illumination from Jah. Jah was a god that just loved to play games, so he did not mind at all as long as only little pieces of it were taken away at each time. Thoth and Jah played over a time period of months and after they were both finished, Thoth had collected so much of the illuminations to create five whole new days.

In the end, five children were born from Nut. The first two children were fathered from Ra. Geb was the father to the third and fifth child. While Thoth was the father to the fourth child. The first child was Osiris (may also be called Usire), the god of the underworld. The second child was Horus (may also be called Hr or Hrw). The third child was Seth (may also be called Set, Setekh, Setesh, or Seti), the god of chaos. The fourth child was Isis (may also be called Aset), the goddess of green crops. The final child was Nephthys (may also be called Neb-hut or Nebthet) (Rosenberg 171).

With the help from Thoth's love of Nut, five new days were created to be included to the amount of time in earth's solar year.

Greek Gaia, the mother of Earth and the oldest of the goddesses may also be called: Gaea or Ge (Lindermans "Gaia"). With Pontus (meaning Sea), they helped each other to create the Earth. At first, the Earth was a barren place to be at. Eros (meaning Desire) saw this Earth and struck one of his life-giving arrows into the Earth to give it life. "All was now life, joy, and motion" as quoted by Guerber. (Guerber 13) Gaia then had an offspring named Uranus (meaning Sky) and made him her equal by surrounding herself with him. This also provided a home for the Greek immortal beings. Gaia soon after married Uranus and had several children that helped to populate the Earth. (Rosenberg 6).