Gaia (disambiguation)
Appearance
(Redirected from Gaea (disambiguation))
Gaia (also spelled Gaea) is a primordial deity and the personification of the Earth in Greek mythology.
Gaia or Gaea may also refer to:
Environmentalism
[edit]- Gaia hypothesis, concerns the stability of Earth's natural systems
- Gaia philosophy, the concept that living organisms will improve their environment
- Gaia, the Earth in Gaianism
Science and technology
[edit]- Gaea (crater), crater on Amalthea, a moon of Jupiter
- 1184 Gaea, a minor planet in the main asteroid belt
- Gaia, an alternative name for the early Earth
- Gaia spacecraft, European space mission launched in 2013
- Gaia catalogues, several star catalogues
- Gaia, the user interface of Firefox OS
- GAIA, a profile and sign-in system in Google
Film and television
[edit]- Gaia (Rome character), character in the historical-drama television series Rome (2005–2007)
- Ultraman Gaia, a character in the tokusatsu television series of the same name (1998)
- Gaea, a planet in the anime television series The Vision of Escaflowne (1996)
- Gaia, a character in the drama television series Spartacus: Gods of the Arena (2011)
- 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)
- Gaia (film), 2021 South African horror thriller film.
Video games
[edit]- Game Artificial Intelligence with Agents, an engine in Outcast (1999)
- GAIA, fictional highly advanced A.I. character in Horizon Zero Dawn (2017)
- Gaia (Final Fantasy VII), a fictional world
- Gaia, cancelled video game by Electronic Arts' Motive Studios
Places
[edit]- Grantley Adams International Airport, Barbados
- Vila Nova de Gaia, a city and municipality in northern Portugal
- Gaia River, Romania
- Gaia, a village in Murgași Commune, Dolj County, Romania
- Gaià River, a river in Catalonia
- Gaià, a village in Catalonia
- Gaia (a.k.a. Sofia), one of the Echinades islands in the Ionian Sea
- Gaia, a rock climbing route at Black Rocks (Derbyshire)
Literature
[edit]- Gaea trilogy, a series of science-fiction novels (1979, 1980 and 1984) by John Varley
- Gaia Gear, a series of five novels by Yoshiyuki Tomino
- GAIA (journal), an academic journal concerned with environmental and sustainability problems
- Gaia Moore, the heroine of the teen-novel series Fearless by Francine Pascal
- Gaean Reach, a fictional region in space in works by Jack Vance
- 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, a character in the fictional novel series The Heroes of Olympus (2010) by Rick Riordan
- Gaia (a.k.a. gaiaphage), a supernatural creature in the novel series Gone by Michael Grant
- Gaia Girls, an environmental fantasy children's book series by Lee Welles
- Gaia, a fantasy comic by Oliver Knörzer and Puri Andini hosted on their Sandra and Woo website
Music
[edit]- GAIA Chamber Music Festival, a music festival in Thun, Switzerland
- Roland SH-01 Gaia, a synthesizer manufactured by Roland Corporation
- Gaia (band), a Dutch trance project started by Armin van Buuren
Albums
[edit]- Gaia (2002), an album by the Japanese rock band Janne Da Arc
- Gaia (1994), an EP by the Swedish metal band Tiamat
- Gaia (Mägo de Oz album) (2003)
- Gaia (Marilyn Crispell album) (1988)
- Gaia: One Woman's Journey, a 1994 album by the Australian singer Olivia Newton-John
- Gaia-Onbashira, a 1998 album by the Japanese New Age musician Kitarō
- GAIA, a 2003 album by Alan Simon
- GAIA, a 2020 album by Blank Banshee
Songs
[edit]- "Gaia (The Vultures)", a song by God Forbid from Earthsblood (2009)
- "Gaia", a song by In Hearts Wake from Earthwalker (2014)
- "Gaia", a song by Peter Hammill from Fireships (1993)
- "Gaia", a song by Kitarō from Gaia-Onbashira (1998)
- "Gaia", a song by James Taylor from Hourglass (1997)
- "Gaia", a song by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard from Omnium Gatherum (2022)
- "Gaea", a song by Pentangle from So Early in the Spring (1989)
- "Gaia", a song by Devin Townsend from Synchestra (2006)
- "Gaia", a song by Valensia from Valensia (1993)
- "Gaia", a song by Tiamat from Wildhoney (1994)
Organisations
[edit]- Gaia (arts venue), an arts center in Havana, Cuba
- Gaia Earth Sciences, an oilfield services company
- Gaia, Inc., formerly Gaiam, an online video subscription service
- Gaea Japan, a wrestling promotion that terminated in 2005
- GAIA locomotive, a former Argentine locomotive builder
- Gaia Movement USA, a USA-based charitable organization
- Gaia Online, a social networking website
- Gaia Trafikk, a former Norwegian company
- Gaia-X
People
[edit]Given name
[edit]- Gaia (singer), Italian singer
- Gaia (artist), American street artist
- Gaea Schell, pianist/composer and singer
- Gaia Germani (born 1942), Italian actress
- Gaia Cauchi (born 2002), Maltese singer
- Gaia Vince, British journalist, broadcaster and non-fiction author
- Gaia Weiss (born 1991), French actress and model
- Gaia Girace (born 2003), Italian actress
Surname
[edit]- Brian Gaia (born 1994), American football player
- Michele Gaia (born 1985), Italian cyclist
- Santos Gaia (born 1978), Brazilian footballer
Other uses
[edit]- Armin van Buuren (born 1976), DJ who uses the pseudonym Gaia
- Gaia (chimpanzee), a chimpanzee
- Toyota Gaia, a multi-purpose vehicle
- Gaia the Fierce Knight, a card in Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game
- Gaia, the spaceship from the novel The Magellanic Cloud by Stanisław Lem
- Gaia (Jerram), a 2018 installation artwork by Luke Jerram