Gaia (Terra) Sightings

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• The Birds 685BC

  In The Birds by Aristophanes, we learn a little bit about Gaia's own creation story. If she's the mother of everyone, how was she born?

  
  
• The Metamorphoses 2

  The Roman poet Ovid collected all kinds of wild stories about the gods in The Metamorphoses. In Book 1, Gaia is pretty much the bomb dot com.

  
  
• Anthem 1937

  In Anthem by Ayn Rand, one of the characters reclaims her identity by changing her name to Gaea. You go, girl.

  
  
• "Africa" 1969

  Although she doesn't mention her by name, Maya Angelou's "Africa" is definitely about our lady, Mother Earth.

  
  
• Marvel Comics 1975

  Check her out as a comic strip character in Doctor Strange # 6 (Marvel Comics).

  
  
• Captain Planet 1990

  Gaia made a few appearances in this awesome animated series, Captain Planet and the Planeteers.