god
Maia
also: Майя, the Pleiad Maia
In Greek and Roman myth, the eldest of the seven Pleiades, daughter of the Titan Atlas, and mother of Hermes/Mercury by Zeus; the Roman month Maius (May) was traditionally associated with her name.
Reading notes
- On May §6 the Pleiad Maia
In Greek myth, Maia was the eldest of the seven Pleiades, daughter of the Titan Atlas, and by Zeus the mother of Hermes (the Roman Mercury); the Roman month of May (Maius) was traditionally linked to her name.