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MAIA (1)

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Greek Mythology, Roman Mythology

Other Scripts: Μαια (Ancient Greek)

Pronounced: MAY-ə (English), MIE-ə (English)  [key]

Meaning unknown. In Greek and Roman mythology she was the eldest of the Pleiades, the group of seven stars in the constellation Taurus, who were the daughters of Atlas and Pleione. Her son by Zeus was Hermes.

(see also MAIA (2), MAIA (3))

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