Wikipedia Trail: From Gaia to Marshmallows

I chose to start with Gaia because I have been watching the Seven Secrets of the Goddess by Devdutt Pattanaik (2016) videos on YouTube for my weekly readings and the first two videos deal with Gaia and female deities.
"In Greek mythology, Gaia is the personification of the Earth and one of the Greek primordial deities. Gaia is the ancestral mother of all life: the primal Mother Earth goddess. She is the immediate parent of Uranus (the sky), from whose sexual union she bore the Titans (themselves parents of many of the Olympian gods) and the Giants, and of Pontus (the sea), from whose union she bore the primordial sea gods. Her equivalent in the Roman pantheon was Terra." Source: Gaia Wiki

"Hesiod was a Greek poet generally thought by scholars to have been active between 750 and 650 BC, around the same time as Homer. He is generally regarded as the first written poet in the Western tradition to regard himself as an individual persona with an active role to play in his subject. Ancient authors credited Hesiod and Homer with establishing Greek religious customs. Modern scholars refer to him as a major source on Greek mythology, farming techniques, early economic thought, archaic Greek astronomy, and ancient time-keeping." Source: Hesiod Wiki

Although I'm not a vegetarian learning the history of the diet was fascinating. I ended up on the vegetarianism page from a link in the Hesiod article about "nonviolent diets."
"Vegetarianism is the practice of abstaining from the consumption of meat (red meat, poultry, seafood, and the flesh of any other animal), and may also include abstention from by-products of animal slaughter (often called Veganism). Vegetarianism may be adopted for various reasons. Many people object to eating meat out of respect for sentient life. Such ethical motivations have been codified under various religious beliefs, as well as animal rights advocacy. Other motivations for vegetarianism are health-related, political, environmental, cultural, aesthetic, economic, or personal preference." Source: Vegetarianism Wiki

I ended up on the marshmallows wiki because the vegetarianism article discussed things made with animal by-products that some vegetarians will not eat; marshmallows are one.
"A marshmallow is a sugar-based candy or type of sweets that in its modern form typically consists of sugar, water and gelatin whipped to a squishy consistency, molded into small cylindrical pieces, and coated with cornstarch. Some marshmallow recipes call for eggs. This is the modern version of a medicinal confection made from Althaea officinalis, the marshmallow plant." Source: Marshmallow Wiki

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