Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Greek Mythology The goddess of the earth, who bore and married Uranus and became the mother of the Titans and the Cyclopes.
Wiktionary
- n. Greek mythology The earth, daughter of Chaos, both mother and wife of Uranus (the sky) and Pontus (the sea).
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Mythol.) The goddess of the earth, considered as a personification of the earth. According to Hesiod she was the first-born of Chaos, and mother of Uranus, Pontus, Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
WordNet 3.0
- n. (Greek mythology) goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology
Etymologies
- From Ancient Greek Γαῖα (Gaia). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“One of the art walk beavers, however, named "Gaea", began to draw complaints.”
The Huffington Post: Will Weaver: Censorship and Gaea, the Porno Beaver
“Didi and Phil Gilson contacted me to let me know about a new science fiction feature film Gaea: Beyond the Son.”
“Gaea: Beyond The Son is about a father who is separated from his son through war, over 30 yeasr …”
“Maybe it started when I found John Varley's Gaea trilogy in the early 80's.”
“To that end, it does a wonderful job showing how the Earth (Gaea) and Sky (Ouranos) spawned the Titans and the ensuing conflicts that emerge between them.”
REVIEW: Zeus - King of the Gods (Olympians #1) by George O'Connor
“Gaea prophesizes that Kronos will in turn be defeated by his child, just as he defeated Ouranos.”
REVIEW: Zeus - King of the Gods (Olympians #1) by George O'Connor
“Steel Beach' was awesome, then I discovered hs Gaea Trilogy.”
“Porritt, who underwent castration five years ago as part of his Green Party nomination process, added, Our duty should be to Gaea first, and our lineage second.”
“While little Timmy may not like the idea of his beloved gerbil being flushed in the name of Gaea, I'm sure he will appreciate it when he's not the one floating as the sea levels rise past his bedroom window.”
“The oversized rodent Gaea was painted in Georgia O'Keefe style with flowing female figures, including a red shawl-or was it a butterfly?”
The Huffington Post: Will Weaver: Censorship and Gaea, the Porno Beaver
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