Gaea
See also: Gæa
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Γαῖα (Gaîa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dʒiːə/
Proper noun
Gaea
- (Greek mythology) A Greek goddess, the personification of the earth, and one of the primordial deities from whom all the others descend.
- 1858, W[illiam] E[wart] Gladstone, “Ilios. The Trojans Compared and Contrasted with the Greeks.”, in Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age. [...] In Three Volumes, volume III, Oxford: At the University Press, OCLC 813305724, page 153:
- While investigating the Greek mythology, we have found reason to suppose that Juno, Ceres, and Gaia are but three different forms of the same original tradition of a divine feminine: of whom Ceres is the Pelasgian copy, Juno the vivid and powerful Hellenic development, and Gaia the original skeleton, retaining nothing of the old character, but having acquired the function of gaol-keeper for perjurors when sent to the other world.
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- Alternative spelling of Gaia.
Alternative forms
- Gaia
- Gæa
- Gea
- Ge
Translations
earth goddess
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See also
- Pangaea
- Tellus
- Terra
Further reading
Gaia (mythology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Gaia hypothesis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Gaia philosophy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia