Gaea (or Gaia, or Gea) is the greek Goddess of the Earth, or Mother-Goddess. The name is composed of "Ge" or earth and "Aia" or grandmother. She brought forth an incredible number of gods and mortals. She "married" her son Uranus and is the grandmother of Zeus.
If you really want to get confused, go to the Wikipedia page on Greek Mythology/family tree....(note: it is not Wikipedia, but the Greeks who made a mess of it!)
Each God or Goddess had a different function, so offering for a given wish required some knowledge. In the absense of a helpdesk a greek inscription found in a temple asks the local God which God or Goddess to approach!
"Greek Mythology.com" is a excellent site for the various myths about all the Gods and Godesses and also the creation in which Gaea plays an important part.