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'''Gaia''' is the goddess/personification of the [[Earth]] in [[Greek]] [[mythology]].  She bore and then married [[Uranus (mythology)|Uranus]] and gave birth to the race of the [[Titans]].
 
'''Gaia''' is the goddess/personification of the [[Earth]] in [[Greek]] [[mythology]].  She bore and then married [[Uranus (mythology)|Uranus]] and gave birth to the race of the [[Titans]].
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{{main|Gaia hypothesis}}
 
'''Gaia''' in modern usage is the English word defined as a [[hypothesis]] that living and nonliving components of earth function as a single system.  The term was chosen because the Greek goddess Gaia is the living earth.
 
'''Gaia''' in modern usage is the English word defined as a [[hypothesis]] that living and nonliving components of earth function as a single system.  The term was chosen because the Greek goddess Gaia is the living earth.
    
[[Category:Greek Mythology]]
 
[[Category:Greek Mythology]]
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