Gaia

The five elements, life
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• The Elemental Dragon of Air.
• The Elemental Dragon of Earth, fetich soul of Gaia.
  • Tilled Earth Woman, Defining Soul of the Elemental Dragon of Earth (Nero's Boot)
    

In days of lore and legend, when all beings who tilled the land worshiped the Primordials, all veneration was given to Tilled Earth Woman, the angel of agriculture. Made of dirt and sod, Tilled Earth Woman taught mortal men to reap the harvest of the earth, to grow maize and wheat and barley. She taught many arts of thaumaturgy to men and women, secret lore to make the earth yield more and more plentifully. In visage, she is a human woman of lush beauty yet middle age, made of sod, dirt, and soil. Her hair is made of leaves, and her eyes are made of amber sap. Her voice is the voice of the earth itself, solid, unyielding, and unflinching.

• The Elemental Dragon of Fire.
• The Elemental Dragon of Water.
• The Elemental Dragon of Wood.
• The Elemental Poles (Wordman)
  It is unclear canonically if the elemental poles of creation are distinct from the Elemental Dragons. If they are, they would be good candidates for component souls of Gaia, particularly the Imperial Mountain.
• The Five Elementals (Wordman)
  The original five great elementals may be Gaian souls.
• Yu-Shan (Wordman)
  Just as the five elemental dragons and their corresponding poles define the side-to-side borders of Creation, the heavenly city of Yu-Shan defines, metaphorically at least, what is "above" it.
• The Endless Depths (Wordman)
  Symbolizing all the dark and destructive aspects of nature and evolution gone amok, the endless caverns beneath creation spawn the Nameless Hordes that the Mountain Folk have fought endlessly.
• The Nubile Woman (Wordman)
  The embodiment of one of the three standard feminine archetypes, she has aspects of virgin, lover and whore, but is always attractive, sexually developed and possessing the most desirable mating characteristics (whatever the species of the observer might be). She tends to be responsible only for herself. One of the primary embodiments of this soul is the lover of Luna.
• The Mother (Wordman)
  She may appear young and pregnant or a bit older and wiser, but is always a woman who embodies motherhood, the creative force, a nurturing instinct, and a guiding, sometimes strict, hand. She tends to be responsible for both herself and her family, especially her children.
• The Crone (Wordman)
  The wise, old, healing woman, is often alone, but tends to be responsible for everyone but herself. She is the giver of advice, never its seeker, sometimes cryptic, sometimes unwanted, but always correct. She is the wisdom of experience, not education.

Theories About Gaia

• AlsaceAndLorraine/Gaia - On Gaia's nature and the origin of Luna.
• Mockery/Gaia And Her Souls
• Gaia, The Living World, Part of the CallMeCanon.