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 Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 7:38 pm
So you know Gaia, right? Oh course you do. Well the name isn't as creative as you might think. Go on the greatest site ever [a.k.a. Wikipedia] and look up gaia. The first hit is from...MYTHOLOGY. Gaia was the primal goddess of the earth. So gaia=Earth. gaiaonline=virtual world. Not really a creative name if you think about it, and are intelligent enough to make this connection.
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Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 7:42 pm
*blinks* I knew that the minute I heard about this site. This isn't the last time the term Gaia has been used instead of earth. I remember in Captain Planet, the spirit of the world was named Gaia too. Maybe not the most original but kind of an obvious tidbit...
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Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 8:01 pm
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Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 8:13 pm
How in the hell is this a secret? confused You had to go to Wikipedia to "make the connection"?
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Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 8:15 pm
I thought that was obvious.... eek
Although I can't actually tell you where I first heard of the term Gaia(Earth) I've not read all that much mythology, hmm
Oh I loved watching Captain Planet, Waku! And they had to name her Gaia, what with him being Captain Planet, and all the elements the kids controlled.
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Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 8:15 pm
 EDIT... i always wonder why 5 kids with magic element controlling rings needed a super hero...
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Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 10:49 pm
Captain Planet was the "pulling out the big guns". He only ever came in at the very end, really....
But yes...I always figured it was fairly common knowledge that Gaia = Earth in Greek mythology. Never thought the name was unoriginal for Gaia, either.... Just a name.
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Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 11:23 pm
I have a secret too. Bet nobody can guess what my username means. ninja eek razz
The terms Gaia and Terra have been pretty commonly used for Earth and/or the spirit of the Earth in fiction, particularly fantasy and science fiction, so I always figured the meaning of the words was pretty common knowledge. As the others said, goooooo Captain Planet!
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Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 11:26 pm
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Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 5:00 am
[ Terra ] I have a secret too. Bet nobody can guess what my username means. ninja eek razz The terms Gaia and Terra have been pretty commonly used for Earth and/or the spirit of the Earth in fiction, particularly fantasy and science fiction, so I always figured the meaning of the words was pretty common knowledge. As the others said, goooooo Captain Planet! Terra is another name for the Earth, or at least rocks and stuff isn't it? I'm not 100% sure if I'm correct with that guess, but I know landscaping and changing the Earth's face is called Terraforming... Soooo, I'm just guessing >_>
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Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 6:30 am
1) To summarize everybody else: DUH.
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2) I think it's plenty creative. They wanted to make a forum site that's like its own little world. "The World" is already taken by the .hack// franchise. Gaia is a pretty word that pretty much sums up what we have. Our very own little "Earth", not to mention that Gaia itself is filled with its own mythology, so using a mythological word fits pretty well.
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Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:09 am
AlcoholicPancake Terra is another name for the Earth, or at least rocks and stuff isn't it? I'm not 100% sure if I'm correct with that guess, but I know landscaping and changing the Earth's face is called Terraforming... Soooo, I'm just guessing >_>
We also have words like terrain and the like. It's Latin for, I'd assume, Earth in general.
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Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 3:08 pm
Kyla_Ewens 1) To summarize everybody else: DUH. and 2) I think it's plenty creative. They wanted to make a forum site that's like its own little world. "The World" is already taken by the .hack// franchise. Gaia is a pretty word that pretty much sums up what we have. Our very own little "Earth", not to mention that Gaia itself is filled with its own mythology, so using a mythological word fits pretty well. Nicely put Kyla ^_^ And yes some of our items give us little tidbits into Gaia's mythology, shich I find amusing.
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Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 3:21 pm
This just goes to show more people need to be aware of where words come from.. or at least you know, realize obvious stuff
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Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 3:37 pm
Yes, I am aware of the irony
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