Diana discovers the long lost Golden Girdle of Gaea. Art by George Perez.

The Golden Girdle of Gaea is a fictional object depicted in the DC Comics book Wonder Woman. It is based on the mythological girdle stolen by Heracles as part of his Twelve Labors. George Pérez (born June 9, 1954 in The Bronx, New York) is a Puerto Rican-American illustrator and writer of comic books. ... DC Comics (originally called Detective Comics, Inc. ... Wonder Woman is a fictional DC Comics superheroine. ... A girdle is a piece of womens underwear that replaced the corset in popularity and usage. ... Hercules, a Roman bronze (Louvre Museum) In Greek mythology, Heracles, or Herakles (glory of Hera, Ἥρα + κλέος, )(Etruscan Hercle) was a divine hero, the son of Zeus and Alcmene, stepson of Amphitryon and great-grandson of Perseus. ... Hercules and the Hydra by Antonio Pollaiuolo The Twelve Labours (Greek: dodekathlos) of Heracles (Latin: Hercules) are a series of archaic episodes connected by a later continuous narrative, concerning a penance carried out by Heracles, the greatest of the Greek heroes. ...

Comic book history

Originally when the Themyscirian Amazons were created by the Olympian gods, they assigned Hippolyta and Antiope to rule as co-queens to the new nation. When they assigned these titles they gave each of the Amazon queens a Golden Girdle of Gaea, which were made from the original girdle belonging to the Earth goddess Gaea. The belts provided the two queens with enhanced strength and heightened their other abilities. Themyscirian Amazons Art by Phil Jimenez Themyscira is a fictional island nation in the DC Comics universe. ... In Greek mythology, the , Amazons were either an ancient legendary nation of female warriors or a land dominated by women at the outer edges of their known world. ... For the Marvel Comics character, see: Hippolyta (Marvel Comics). ... For other uses, see Antiope Antiope, in the fictional DC Comics universe, was the Amazon sister of Queen Hippolyta, and aunt to Wonder Woman. ... Gaia (pronounced //[citation needed], sometimes also // or //) (land or earth, from the Greek ; variant spelling Gaea—see also Ge from ) is a Greek goddess personifying the Earth. ...

Eventually the demi-god Heracles was successful in stealing Hippolyta's belt at the urging of his half-brother Ares. After denouncing the Olympian gods for percieved false judgement, Antiope gave Hippolyta her girdle and left the Amazon nation with a group of faithful Amazons with her. They later became the Amazons of Bana-Mighdall. Together they retreived Hippolyta's stolen belt and kept it as an heirloom. Thousands of years later when Wonder Woman discovered this lost tribe of Amazons, she took the belt from them and returned it to Hippolyta. Cover to Hercules Unbound #1, by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez. ... Ares. ... Bana-Mighdall is a fictional Amazon nation as well as fictional former cities in the DC Comics universe created by writer George Perez. ... Wonder Woman is a fictional DC Comics superheroine. ...

Similarly, the belt given to Hippolyta by Antiope was taken from Hippolyta and transformed into the Lasso of Truth. The Lasso of Truth is the principle weapon wielded by Princess Diana of Themyscira, known to the world as Wonder Woman. ...