Earth god
An Earth god is a deification of the Earth.
In Greek mythology, the Earth is personified as Gaia, corresponding to Roman Terra. Egyptian mythology has a sky goddess, Nut and an Earth god, Geb.
Other Earth gods include:
- Volos, Slavic god of earth, waters, and the underworld.
- Tudigong, in Chinese folk religion, "God of the Soil and the Ground"
- Troglav, deity in Slavic mythology whose three heads were believed to represent sky, earth and the underworld.
- Tezcatlipoca, Aztec deity associated with the earth, the night sky, the night winds, hurricanes, the north, obsidian, enmity, discord, rulership, divination, temptation, jaguars, sorcery, beauty, war and strife.
- Trengtrengfilu, Mapuche god of Earth and Fertility
- Šumugan, in Sumerian mythology, god of the river plains, given charge by the god Enki over the flat alluvial lands of southern Mesopotamia
- Rūaumoko, in Māori mythology, god of earthquakes, volcanoes and seasons.[1][2]
- Poseidon, one of the Twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religion and myth; god of the Sea and other waters; of earthquakes; and of horses
- Nuska vizier of the chief Sumerian god Enlil but later associated with Nippur ("Enlil City") as the god of the earth
- Medr/Meder, Ethiopian, Aksumite, Earth god
- Enten, Sumerian fertility deity identified with the abundance of the earth
- Enlil (𒀭𒂗𒆤), ancient Mesopotamian god associated with wind, air, earth, and storms
- Enki (𒂗𒆠), Sumerian god, literal translation "Lord of the Earth"
- Emesh, Sumerian god created at the wish of Enlil to take responsibility on earth for woods, fields, sheep folds, and stables
- Dharā Hindu Vasu god representing the earth and the element earth
- Bernardo Carpio, legendary figure in Philippine mythology, said to be the cause of earthquakes
- Amurru, Amorite deity, occasionally called "lord of the steppe" or "lord of the mountain" [3]
- Alignak, in Inuit mythology, a lunar deity, but also god of earthquakes, as well as weather, water, tides, and eclipses
- Aganju, in Cuba, is a volcano deity for the practitioners of the Lucumi, Santeria religion
See also
References
- ^ Te Papa. "Ruaumoko - God of Earthquakes". Wellington, New Zealand: Earthquake Commission. Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
- ^ McSaveney, Eileen (2 March 2009). "Historic earthquakes - Earthquakes in Māori tradition". Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Wellington, New Zealand: Manatū Taonga | Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
- ^ Paul-Alain Beaulieu, The God Amurru as Emblem of Ethnic and Cultural Identity in "Ethnicity in Ancient Mesopotamia" (W. van Soldt, R. Kalvelagen, and D. Katz, eds.) Papers Read at the 48th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Leiden, July 1-4, 2002 (PIHANS 102; Nederlands Instituut voor her Nabije Oosten, 2005) 31-46