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9	''The Gaiad'' is an EpicPoem WebSerialNovel spanning from the beginning of time to the heat death of the universe. It is heavily influenced by Literature/TheBible and seeks to be a {{Reconstruction}} of many ReligionTropes.
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11	!!Tropes found in ''The Gaiad'':
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13	* AbsentAliens: No life exists outside the Solar System, although it does exist in the solar system itself.
14	%%* AbstractApotheosis: Occurs many times ranging from robots to microorganisms.
15	%%* AbusiveParents: Hengweh who becomes a SatanicArchetype as the most abusive parent. %%Who does Hengweh abuse? What kind of abusive behavior does Hengweh engage in?
16	* AlternativeCalendar: The calendar is based on the WesternZodiac and is a sidereal calendar rather than a tropical calendar.
17	%%* AmicablyDivorced: Between Adonis and Helia.
18	* AngelicBeauty: Gods look very sexual because sexuality is divine. Looks a lot more similar to HotAsHell than normal versions of this trope.
19	%%* ApocalypseCult: Occurs several times throughout history, a common theme is that they are wrong.
20	* ArchnemesisDad: Hengweh meets all the criteria and is an ancestor of all life on Earth. He doesn't want to be surpassed and becomes a Satanic figure representing evil of a planned bent alongside the chaotically evil Hillu.
21	* AsTheGoodBookSays: Many verses are directly lifted from Literature/TheBible and both the Gaiad and the Bible are frequently quoted by characters.
22	%%* AwfulWeddedLife: between Adonis and Helia.
23	%%* AngelsDevilsAndSquid: Mithra, Hengweh, and Hillu.
24	%%* AnswersToTheNameOfGod: Mithra.
25	%%* AnthropomorphicPersonification: The entire cast.
26	%%* BigGood: Mithra.
27	%%* BigScrewedUpFamily: %%How are these families screwed up?
28	%%** The entire cast is this to some extent by virtue of all being genealogically connected to each other.
29	%%** At smaller levels Noble Gases qualify as this.
30	%%* BrotherSisterIncest: Every generation of the Noble Gases.
31	%%* BloodIron: A key aspect of Ferron.
32	* BloodMagic: Using blood as fertilizer is common when worshipping Ferron.
33	%%* {{Cain}}: Comes up at the beginning of humans.
34	%%* CallASmeerpARabbit: Happens frequently sometimes, with vague narration about what the thing being referred to actually is.
35	%%* CausedTheBigBang: The CosmicEgg hatching. %%What happened when the egg hatched?
36	* CelestialBureaucracy: Heaven is ruled over by Mithra who acts as an elected president.
37	%%* CelestialParagonsAndArchangels: The Gods resemble something between this and Polytheism with Mithra as the TopGod. %%What is "this"?
38	* CosmicEgg: Part of the creation myth, although it is more a Cosmic placenta than a Cosmic egg.
39	%%* CreationStory: The first few Sutras.
40	%%* CreationMyth: Retold multiple times throughout the story. %%What is retold throughout the story?
41	%%* CreativeSterility: Hilluhengweh.
42	%%* CryForTheDevil: Invoked with the ritualistic prayer for Hilluhengweh.
43	%%* ChaosIsEvil: Hilluhengweh.
44	%%* ChildByRape: Noble Gas compounds.
45	%%* CouldntFindAPen: Oaths to Ferron.
46	* DealWithTheDevil: Hengweh gives people offers to sacrifice their principles to gain success. His deals are non-binding and tend to reflect hypocrisy rather than true soul-selling.
47	* DemonOfHumanOrigin: Hengweh is a variant of this, originating from a microorganism that was evil enough to undergo AbstractApotheosis; this is why he makes deals with people.
48	%%* DivinelyAppearingDemons: The sons of Hengweh.
49	* DontFearTheReaper: Ghedos is portrayed quite positively in accordance with UsefulNotes/{{Voudoun}}.
50	%%* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Completely averted with Lilith and Euka and with %%who? Also, how is it completely averted?
51	%%* EpicCatalog: The genealogies.
52	* TheEpic: A story spanning billions of years about the rise of a Galaxy-spanning Empire.
53	%%* EpicPoem: Written in free verse.
54	%%* EthnicGod: Occurs for many species with their founders.
55	%%* EldritchAbomination: Kali the Eldritch, goddess of supermassive black holes. %%Is Kali incomprehensible to mortals? Does her mere existence violate the laws of physics?
56	%%* EmissaryFromTheDivine: Happens with countless prophets including historical figures who made no such claims in real life.
57	* FantasticNamingConvention: All entities from [[{{OurGodsAreDifferent}} Elohim]] to microbes to planets to humans all follow the same naming convention of surnames, going from father to son and mother to daughter.
58	%%* FantasyPantheon
59	%%* FertileBlood: Ferron is related to this.
60	%%* FertileFeet: Most of the gods have this.
61	%%* GenderEqualsBreed: Happens with tribes and surname inheritance.
62	* GenerationalSaga: Follows the descendants of Yin and Yang over hundreds of generations.
63	* GenreBusting: A ScienceFantasy EpicPoem about personified natural forces leading into SpaceOpera.
64	%%* GodCouple: Several.
65	* GodOfGood: Mithra is the TopGod and God of LawfulGood[[invoked]].
66	%%* GrandpaGod: Mithra.
67	%%* HeroicLineage: Mentioned constantly throughout the generations.
68	%%* {{Hermaphrodite}}: Adonai.
69	* HollywoodVoodoo: Averted with Ghedos and other Voodoo references, which are common among other polytheistic references. Evil interpretations of Voodoo aren't even referenced.
70	* InbredAndEvil:
71	** Rados, the AnthropomorphicPersonification of Radon gas, a known carcinogen, and Noble Gas.
72	** Averted with Heh, the AnthropomorphicPersonification of Helium Hydride, who is insane but not evil.
73	* JustSoStory:
74	** Periodically the narrator explains how the events of the text relate to modern practices. For example, money is green because Cupria the Bronzen Maiden grew green in old age. Radioactive decay chains come from necromancy, etc.
75	** The story of the AwfulWeddedLife between Adonis and Helia as a warning about ParentalIncest.
76	* LawfulStupid: Hengweh is the God of this, but he develops towards LawfulEvil; they are shown as the same thing.
77	%%* LordOfTheOcean: Oxa and Danu and Anaxydros.
78	%%* LoveGoddess: Florina is the first LoveGoddess, then she rapes Xenon and gets replaced by her daughter Chlorina.
79	* LoveIsLikeReligion: Sexual imagery is frequently used to describe faith and vice versa.
80	* LustfulMelt: By Gallia when she sees Chromius, based on how Gallium melts at body temperature.
81	%%* MatureAnimalStory
82	* ModernizedGod: Mithra and the other Gods are associated more with space and science than traditional things.
83	* MotherlyScientist: Iodina, parents as a whole are treated somewhat like this due to the idea of raising a child being an experiment, so Iodina has motherhood as a general attribute.
84	%%* MultiArmedAndDangerous: Mithra who has four arms representing the four covalent bonds of Carbon. %%Mithra is multi-armed, but is he dangerous?
85	%%* {{Mythopoeia}}
86	%%* NonMammalMammaries: Happens in much of the art.
87	* OrderVersusChaos: The main conflict between Hilluhengweh and Mithra, which has elements of BothOrderAndChaosAreDangerous with Hillu being extreme chaos, Hengweh being extreme order and Mithra being the middle ground.
88	%%* OrwellianRetcon: Done to address ScienceMarchesOn and to add new character art in its web form.
89	* OurGodsAreDifferent: [[{{OurGodsAreDifferent}} Elohim]] act something between standard Gods and CelestialParagonsAndArchangels.
90	* ParentalIncest: Between Adonis and Helia, not portrayed as evil, but as a part of a JustSoStory about avoiding incest.
91	%%* PermanentElectedOfficial: Mithra as President of the Gods. %%Was Mithra elected president? How exactly is he permanently elected?
92	* PerplexingPlurals: [[{{OurGodsAreDifferent}} Elohim]] as the plural of Eloh, alongside the feminine Elah.
93	* {{Panspermia}}: A [[https://en.wiktheipedia.org/wiki/Panspermia#Pseudo-panspermia pseudo panspermia]] based on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PAH_world_hypothesis this hypothesis.]]
94	** Also includes traditional panspermia with life originating on Venus and spreading to all the planets of the Solar system and nearby star systems.
95	%%* ThePowerOfBlood: Ferron.
96	* PrintBonus: The Illuminated Manuscript format includes special illustrations in the style of medieval bibles.
97	%%* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Mithra is the God of reasonable authority figures. %%How does he act as such a figure?
98	%%* ReasoningWithGod: As the God of reason Mithra wants this and rewards those who reason with him.
99	%%* {{Reconstruction}}: Of religious literature. %%How?
100	* RecursiveCanon: The Gaiad is referenced as SacredScripture in the narrative itself.
101	%%* RoyalInbreeding: Of the Noble Gases.
102	* SatanicArchetype: Hilluhengweh, Hillu is less anthropomorphic, and Hengweh is more like the traditional devil who makes deals with people.
103	%%* SameSurnameMeansRelated: Surnames are very consistent, almost always coming from a common ancestor.
104	%%* ScienceFantasy
105	%%* SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale: Defied aggressively.
106	%%* SolarPunk: The aesthetic of the entire series, although the space elements make it arguably Star Punk instead. %%How does the series embody solar punk?
107	%%* TangledFamilyTree: Much of the story as it is a GenerationalSaga of all characters.
108	%%* {{Theotech}}: Has some influence from the genre.
109	%%* ThousandYearReign: The work itself is saying this for its values and system. %%What is "this"?
110	* TopGod: Mithra is the King of the Gods and often referred to as simply "God".
111	%%* TwinCest: Yin and Yang.
112	* TyrantTakesTheHelm: Hengweh during the oxygen crisis, taking over as president of the Gods from Mithra.
113	%%* ViewersAreGeniuses
114	%%* WebSerialNovel
115	%%* WholesomeCrossdresser: Niobes.
116	%%* WebFirst: The planned publishing path.
117	* WesternZodiac: Present in the AlternativeCalendar with the stars being legions of Mithra; uses Ophiuchus in a 13 sign system.
118	%%* XenoFiction: Both from prehuman and posthuman perspectives.

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