In many Neo-Pagan and Wiccan traditions, Mother Earth is seen as the Goddess, with the Horned God as her consort (and sometimes son). The idea of the Earth as a deity was and is also prominent in many paganreligions.
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His son by Elara, the giant Tityas, is therefore sometimes said to be a son of Gaia, the earthgoddess, and Elara.
Belief in a nurturing EarthMother is a feature of modern Neopagan "Goddess" worship, which is discussed at Goddess, with further links.
The Greeks never forgot that the Mountain Mother's ancient home was Crete, where she had been worshipped as Potnia Theron, the "Mistress of the Animals" or simply Potnia, the "Mistress," an appellation that could be applied in later Greek texts to Demeter, Artemis or Athena.
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