Wife of Ouranos, the first king of the gods. Meaning the earth and traditionally seen as the the holder of all foreknowledge.

Greek goddess of the Earth. A belief that the earth is a living entity who adapts the environment to promote life.

1) Greek Earth Goddess whose union with Ouranos, Greek father God who inhabits sky,gave birth to Olympian gods; 2) in 1970s James Lovelock developed the "Gaia hypothesis," suggesting Earth is self-regulating, like an organism. Some interpret Gaiaas a divine being or "the mind inside nature.” Many, many websites on Gaia, suggesting multiple meanings in use.

the earth and related realms, both in physical and spiritual form

James Lovelock's designation for active biological control of planetary environments by life, or for the coupling of biotic (life) and abiotic (nonlife) activity

(from Greek Gaia, 'the Earth', pron. 'GUYah' or 'GAYah') A primal goddess whose body is the entire Earth, thought of as the Great Mother of all living things. In modern science, refers to the biosphere of the Earth considered as a single living organism.

One of the names given to Mother Earth favored by the Avasthas.

the earth seen as a living being.

The philosophy that the earth and its biosphere is a living organism (and thus a self-regulating, self-constructed emergent system).

(Greek mythology) goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology

A model for interpreting the dynamics that occur on planet earth as being part of a single self-regulating organism.

The biological consciousness of the planet earth. In certain states of consciousness, it looks externally like the flattened side of huge ball or building, with vertical and horizontal line structures on it. Our species occupies one band of the structure.

A hypothetical superorganism composed of the Earth's four spheres: the biosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, and atmosphere.

Also Gaea - The Earth Mother or Mother Earth. Recently the name has taken the meanign that the Earth .

What many non-human Echans call Earth.

the spirit of the Earth.

a name for the earth goddess.

A Greek name for the goddess of the earth. It also refers to a scientific hypothesis formulated by James Lovelock whereby all living matter on the earth is believed to be a single living organism. In such a scheme, humanity is considered the nervous system of the living earth.

Gaia (pronounced // or //) ("land" or "earth", from the Greek ; also Gaea or Ge (Greek ) is a Greek goddess personifying the Earth.

Gaia is a fictional planet described in the book Foundation's Edge, by Isaac Asimov. The name is derived from the Gaia hypothesis, which is itself eponymous to Gaia, the Earth Goddess.

For the fictional goddess, see Gaea (comics)