A lot of people have said this, for example: Tama Mahana, the main character of the book Tangi from Witi Ihimaera tells it, he is a Maori in New Zealand.
It come from the Maori mythology: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rangi_and_Papa
The quote "the sky is my father and the earth is my mother" is attributed to Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama. He used this phrase to convey his deep reverence for nature and the environment.
Mother Earth Father Sky was created in 1990.
gaea and uranas
The mother earth and the father sky...
Gaea and Uranus, Mother Earth and Father Sky.
gaia is earth! she was kronos' mother. just as his father oranous is the sky.
The father of Cronus was Uranus, the sky. The mother was Gaea, or Mother Earth.
the had a connection to nature and things in nature,they believed everything was alive Father Sky - Sky, clouds, rain, stars, moon...... etc.. Mother Earth - Land, plants, animals. (im not sure about mother earth) They weren't worshiped like "Gods", nor was spirituality involved. that is a European idea.
The Sky Father was known as Uranus and the Sky Mother was known as Gaea (Gi-a)
No one.He was the sky and he fathered all the Titans with Gaea (mother Earth),no one was known to father him.
Gaia, the 'first' earth (mother) & Uranus 'first' sky(father) In greek belif.
the god of evil is Set who mother and father is Nut-goddesess of the sky and Geb-God of the earth.
In the Maori legend of creation, Ranganui is the Sky Father, who together with the Earth Mother, Papatuanuku, were the first beings.