Gaia

Gaia or Gaea may refer to:

Mythology

• Gaia (mythology), the primal Greek goddess of the Earth

Science and technology

• Gaea (crater), crater on Amalthea, a moon of Jupiter
• Gaia (spacecraft), European space mission due for launch in 2013
• Gaia, the user interface of Firefox OS
• GAIA, a profile and sign-in system in Google Chrome

Environmentalism

• Gaia hypothesis, concerns the stability of Earth's natural systems
• Gaia Movement, network of organizations focused on sustainable practices
• Gaia philosophy, the concept that living organisms will improve their environment
• Gaia, the Earth in New Age Gaian spirituality

Film and television

• Gaia (character of Rome), character in the historical-drama television series Rome (2005–2007)
• Ultraman Gaia, a character in the tokusatsu television series of the same name (1999)
• Gaea, a planet in the anime television series The Vision of Escaflowne (1994–1997)
• Gaia, a character in the drama television series Spartacus: Gods of the Arena (2011)
• Gaia, a spirit in the science-fiction film Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
• Gaia, the spirit of Earth in the animated television series Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1990–1996)
• Gaia, the spirit of Earth in the British TV series Edge of Darkness (1985)

Video Games

• Gaea armor, a feature of Mega Man X5 (2000)
• Gaia, a character in Battle Arena Toshinden (1995)
• Gaia, a character in E.V.O.: Search for Eden (1992)
• Gaia, a character in God of War II (2007)
• Gaia, a character in Grandia (1997)
• Gaia, a character in Illusion of Gaia (1993)
• Gaia, a character in Sonic Unleashed (2008)
• Gaia, a fictional world in Final Fantasy IX (2000)
• Gaia, a move in Mega Man Star Force 3: Red Joker (2008)
• Game Artificial Intelligence with Agents, an engine in Outcast (1999)
• Gaia (Final Fantasy VII), a fictional world
• Gaians, a faction in Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri (1999)

Geography

• Gaia, a village in Murgași Commune, Dolj County, Romania
• Grantley Adams International Airport, Barbados (BGI / TBPB)
• Vila Nova de Gaia, a city in Portugal
• Vila Nova de Gaia Municipality, Portugal
• Gaia (Havana), an arts center in Havana, Cuba
• Gaià River, Catalonia
• Gaia River, Romania

Literature

• Gaea, an island in the young-adult novel The Arm of the Starfish (1965) by Madeleine L'Engle
• Gaea, a character in the dystopian fiction novella Anthem (1937) by Ayn Rand
• Gaea (Marvel Comics), a fictional character
• Gaea trilogy, a series of science-fiction novels (1979, 1980 and 1984) by John Varley
• Gaia (Foundation universe), a fictional planet in works by Isaac Asimov
• Gaia (Marvel Comics), fictional character
• Gaia Gear, a series of five novels by Yoshiyuki Tomino
• Gaia Moore, the heroine of the teen-novel series Fearless by Francine Pascal
• Gaean Reach, a fictional region in space that is a setting for some science fiction by Jack Vance

Music

Albums

• Gaia (2002), an album by the Japanese rock band Janne Da Arc
• Gaia, the Japanese title for the album Valensia (1993) by the Dutch rock singer Valensia
• Gaia (1994), an EP by the Swedish metal band Tiamat
• Gaia (album) (2003), an album by the Spanish folk- heavy-metal band Mägo de Oz
• Gaia: One Woman's Journey (1994), an album by the Australian singer Olivia Newton-John
• Gaia-Onbashira (1998), an album by the Japanese New Age musician Kitarō

Songs

• "Gaia", a song from the album Fireships (1993) by the English singer Peter Hammill
• "Gaia", a song from the album Gaia-Onbashira (1998) by the Japanese New Age musician Kitarō
• "Gaia", a song from the album Hourglass (1997) by the American singer James Taylor
• "Gaea", a song from the album So Early in the Spring (1989) by the British rock band Pentangle
• "Gaia", a song from the album Synchestra (2006) by the Canadian rock musician Devin Townsend
• "Gaia", a song from the album Valensia (1993) by the Dutch rock singer Valensia

Other

• GAIA Chamber Music Festival, a music festival in Thun, Switzerland
• SH-01 GAIA, a synthesizer manufactured by Roland Corporation

Organisations

• Gaia Earth Sciences, oilfield services company
• GAEA Japan, a wrestling promotion that terminated in 2005
• Gaia Online, social networking website
• Gaia Power Technologies, New York battery company
• Gaia Trafikk, former Norwegian company

People

• Gaea Schell, a pianist/composer and singer
• Gaia, pseudonym of DJ Armin van Buuren
• Gaia Germani, Italian actress

Other uses

• Gaia the Fierce Knight, a card in Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game (1999)
• Gaia (chimpanzee), chimpanzee that was featured in documentaries
• Toyota Gaia, type of vehicle

See also

• Gaia (comics) (disambiguation)
• Gaja (disambiguation)
• Gaya (disambiguation)
• Kaia (disambiguation)
• All pages beginning with "Gaia"
• All pages beginning with "Gaea"