Gaia is the divine feminine in all her aspects, prior to the process of fragmentation that resulted in all the various goddesses to represent her different parts.  Her main shrine on earth was Delphi before Apollo took over, slaying Python, Gaia’s protector of the shrine; a place that was also known as the ‘navel of the world’.  After that, Apollo appointed women priestesses called Pythia whose role it was to foretell the future, and then their words would be translated by hierophants before bei …