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Gaia

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World Encyclopedia

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2004
Subject:
Encyclopedias
Length:
25 words

In Greek mythology, mother goddess of the Earth. Wife (and in some legends, mother) of Uranus, she bore the ...

Gaia,

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Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood

The Oxford Classical Dictionary (4 ed.)

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2012
Subject:
Classical studies, History
Length:
385 words

the Earth, a primordial goddess. In Hes. Theog. (116 ff.) the original entity was *Chaos, then came Gaia and other beings like ...

Gaia

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The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (2 ed.)

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2006
Subject:
Language reference, History of English, Literature, Literary theory and cultural studies
Length:
66 words

in Greek mythology, the Earth personified as a goddess, daughter of Chaos. She was the mother and wife of Uranus (Heaven); their offspring included the Titans and the Cyclops....

Gaia

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The Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2010
Subject:
Religion, Social sciences
Length:
1,262 words

Gaia (“Earth”) is the name of a Greek goddess also called Ge, from whose name words like “geology” and “geography” ...

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