Earth goddess
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Statue of Goddess of Earth and Soil in Polytheism left - Painting in Yuan dynasty of Goddess Dimǔ Niángniáng with attendant, in Taoism and Chinese folk religion at Yongle Palace Temple (永樂宮) of Ruicheng, Shanxi Province, China and right - Statue of syncretic Goddess Persephone - Isis with a sistrum, Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Heraklion, Crete.
An Earth goddess is a deification of the Earth. Earth goddesses are often associated with the "chthonic" deities of the underworld.[1]
Ki and Ninhursag are Mesopotamian earth goddesses. In Greek mythology, the Earth is personified as Gaia, corresponding to Roman Terra, Indic Prithvi/Bhūmi, etc. traced to an "Earth Mother" complementary to the "Sky Father" in Proto-Indo-European religion. Egyptian mythology exceptionally has a sky goddess and an Earth god.
Other Earth goddesses include:
- Chinese folk religion - Houtu (Di Mu)
- Meitei mythology and religion - Leimarel Sidabi, Panthoibi, Phouoibi
- Ancient Greek religion - Gaia, Cybele, Demeter, Persephone, Rhea
- Ancient Roman religion - Terra, Ceres, Ops, Proserpina
- Slavic - Mat Zemlya
- Andean (Inca, Aymara) - Pachamama
- Hinduism - Bhumi
- Native American - Spider Grandmother
- Romanian - Muma Padurii, Mama Gaia
- Mongolian and Turkic - Umay (Eje)
- Old Norse religion - Sif and Jörð
- Lithuanian mythology - Žemyna
- Māori - Papatūānuku
- Latvian mythology - Zemes māte[2] and Māra[3][4]
- Vietnamese folk religion - Mẫu Địa and Diêu Trì Địa Mẫu
- Tai folk religion - Phra Mae Thorani and Phra Nang Bhum Chaiya (พระนางภูมิไชยา - Bhummaso), "Tutelary goddess of Earth and Land" in Thailand, Cambodia , Laos and myanmar
- Mahayana and Vajrayana - Vasudhara
- Historical Vedic religion - Prithvi
See also[edit]
- Mother Nature
- Mother Earth (disambiguation)
- Mother goddess
- Earth in culture
- Earth symbol
- List of fertility deities
References[edit]
- ^ "Definition of EARTH GODDESS". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 2017-06-20.
- ^ Šmits, Pēteris (1918). Latviešu Mitoloģija (PDF) (in Latvian). Latviesu rakstnieku un makslinieku biedriba. pp. 14–15. OCLC 12301101 – via dom.lndb.lv.
{{cite book}}: Check|authorlink=value (help) Other editions: OCLC 12301047, 776694498, 276876979; Reprinted: ISBN 9789955591085 - ^ Paliepa, Jānis (2011). The origin of the Baltic and Vedic languages : Baltic mythology ; Interdisciplinary treatise. Bloomington, IN, US: Author House. pp. 46, 52. ISBN 9781456729028. OCLC 1124421252, 890769223.
- ^ Jānis, Tupešu (Fall 1987). "The Ancient Latvian Religion — Dievturība". LITUANUS: Lithuanian Quarterly Journal of Arts and Sciences. Chicago, IL, US: LITUANUS Foundation. 33 (3). ISSN 0024-5089. OCLC 561497100.
External links[edit]
- Billington, Sandra; Green, Miranda (1998). Concept of the Goddess. London: Routledge. ISBN 9781134641512. OCLC 51912602, 252768704 – via Google Books preview.