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Gaius (/ ˈ ɡ aɪ ə s /), feminine Gaia, is a Latin praenomen, or personal name, and was one of the most common names throughout Roman history. [1] The praenomen was used by both patrician and plebeian families, and gave rise to the patronymic gens Gavia .
The Greek name Γαῖα (Gaia Ancient Greek: or ) is a mostly epic, collateral form of Attic Γῆ (Gē), and Doric Γᾶ (Ga), [3] perhaps identical to Δᾶ (Da), [6] both meaning "Earth". Some scholars believe that the word is of uncertain origin. [ 7 ]
In Greek mythology, the Earth is personified as Gaia, corresponding to Roman Terra, Indic Prithvi, etc. traced to an "Earth Mother" complementary to the "Sky Father" in Proto-Indo-European religion. Egyptian mythology have the sky goddesses, Nut and Hathor, with the earth gods, Osiris and Geb. Ki and Ninhursag are Mesopotamian earth goddesses.
Her Greek counterpart is Gaia, [7] and among the Etruscans, her name was Cel. Michael Lipka has argued that the Terra Mater who appeared during the reign of Augustus , is a direct transfer of the Greek Ge Mater into Roman religious practice, while Tellus, whose ancient temple was within Rome's sacred boundary ( pomerium ), represents the ...
Gaius Octavian (Rome character), Rome Gaius Helen Mohiam, Dune; Gaius Baltar, Battlestar Galactica; Gaius Sextus, Gaius Septimus, and Gaius Octavian aka Tavi, characters from Codex Alera
Gaia is a mother earth figure and is the mother of the titans, while also being the seat on which they exist. [5] Gaia is the Greek Equivalent to the Roman goddess, Tellus / Terra. The story of Uranus' castration at the hands of Cronus due to Gaia's involvement is seen as the explanation for why the Sky and Earth are separated. [8]
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)
She was referred to as Tara, a tribute to her name in Roman Mythology which was Terra or Terra Mater. Mother Nature was a recurring character featured in Stargate SG-1 where she was portrayed as an ascended Ancient called Oma Desala.