Gaia
15" x 30" Acrylic on Gallery Canvas
15" x 30" Acrylic on Gallery Canvas
Gaia
15" x 30" Acrylic on Gallery Canvas
15" x 30" Acrylic on Gallery Canvas
Gaia is the 4th effort in my series, and with her coming the core of this series was formed. -Now I had a Mythological couple, protected by their two pet dragons!
In Greek Mythology, She is the Ancestral Mother and the personification of all life on earth.
There are many versions of her in many cultures. These include the Incan fertility Goddess Pachamama (or Earth Mother for these people), the Hopi Indian Goddess Kokyangwuti, (also known as the Spider Grandmother for this Indian culture), the Hindu Goddess Prithvi, (She is 'the Vast One' for these peoples), and many more throughout history.
Gaia has three aspects: Maid, Mother and Crone, representing the life cycles inherent in all things, and is a holy-trinity concept predating more modern takes on the idea.
She was brought to Europe from ancient India by Mycenaean tribes roughly 2000 years BCE, and is older than even that.
As the Deity of Gaia, she is regarded to have have peaked in influence between 700 BCE and the 9th Century AD.
Statues of Gaia have been excavated dating back through prehistory, and She is named in Sanscrit, in the Old Indian Vedas and the Upanishads, as 'Gaya'.
This piece is one of the many aspects of Mother Nature, and is the first of more works to come on this subject.
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In Greek Mythology, She is the Ancestral Mother and the personification of all life on earth.
There are many versions of her in many cultures. These include the Incan fertility Goddess Pachamama (or Earth Mother for these people), the Hopi Indian Goddess Kokyangwuti, (also known as the Spider Grandmother for this Indian culture), the Hindu Goddess Prithvi, (She is 'the Vast One' for these peoples), and many more throughout history.
Gaia has three aspects: Maid, Mother and Crone, representing the life cycles inherent in all things, and is a holy-trinity concept predating more modern takes on the idea.
She was brought to Europe from ancient India by Mycenaean tribes roughly 2000 years BCE, and is older than even that.
As the Deity of Gaia, she is regarded to have have peaked in influence between 700 BCE and the 9th Century AD.
Statues of Gaia have been excavated dating back through prehistory, and She is named in Sanscrit, in the Old Indian Vedas and the Upanishads, as 'Gaya'.
This piece is one of the many aspects of Mother Nature, and is the first of more works to come on this subject.
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