- Source: List of earth deities
This is a list of earth deities. An Earth god or Earth goddess is a deification of the Earth associated with a figure with chthonic or terrestrial attributes. There are many different Earth goddesses and gods in many different cultures mythology. However, Earth is usually portrayed as a goddess. Earth goddesses are often associated with the chthonic deities of the underworld.
In Greek mythology, the Earth is personified as Gaia, corresponding to Roman Terra, Indic Prithvi, etc. traced to an "Earth Mother" complementary to the "Sky Father" in Proto-Indo-European religion. Egyptian mythology have the sky goddesses, Nut and Hathor, with the earth gods, Osiris and Geb. Ki and Ninhursag are Mesopotamian earth goddesses.
African mythology
= Akan mythology
=Asase Yaa, the goddess of the harsh earth, Truth and Mother of the Dead. An ancient religious figure worshipped by the indigenous Akan people of the Guinea Coast, Asase/Yaa is also known as Aberewa which is Akan for "Old Woman". Not only is she an Earth Goddess she also represents procreation, truth, love, fertility, peace, and the earth of the Akan.
Asase Afua, the Goddess of the lush earth, fertility, love, procreation and farming
= Aksumite
=Medr/Meder, Ethiopian, Aksumite, Earth god
= Bakongo religion
=Nzambici, the God of Essence, the Earth and Sky Mother, mother of all animals
= Egyptian mythology
=Geb, god of the earth, vegetation, earthquakes, and snakes; "God of Earth and Land"
= Igbo mythology
=Ala, alusi of the earth, morality, fertility, and creativity
= Malagasy mythology
=Ratovantany, Malagasy deity that shaped humans from clay and takes their corpses after death
= Yoruba mythology
=Babalú-Ayé, orisha of the earth, healing, smallpox, respect for the elderly
American mythology
= Aztec mythology
=Tlaltecuhtli, the earth deity whose body created the world
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.
= Haudenosaunee mythology
=Atsi tsien ke:ion (pronunciation Ageejenguyuon) meaning Mature flower - Sky woman who fell from the sky and created North America on the back of a turtle.
Hah-nu-nah, the turtle that bears the world.
= Inca mythology
=Apu, a deity of the mountains
Mama Pacha, the goddess of the earth
Pachamama
= Inuit mythology
=Alignak, in Inuit mythology, a lunar deity, but also god of earthquakes, as well as weather, water, tides, and eclipses
= Lakota mythology
=Maka-akaŋ, the earth goddess
= Lucumi
=Aganju, in Cuba, is a volcano deity for the practitioners of the Lucumi, Santeria religion
= Mapuche
=Trengtrengfilu, Mapuche god of Earth and Fertility
= Southwestern
=Spider Grandmother
Asian mythology
= Ainu mythology
=Cikap-kamuy, god of owls and the earth
= Anatolian mythology
=Cybele, mother goddess of the earth
= Chinese mythology
=Houtu, goddess of the earth
Tudigong or Tu Di Gong', local god of the earth in Taoism and Chinese folk religion, "God of Earth and Land"
dìguān dàdì (Three Great Emperor-Officials), in Taoism and Chinese folk religion, "Emperor God of Earth and Land"
Na Tuk Kong, in Taoism and Chinese folk religion of Malaysian Chinese - Peranakans and Chinese Indonesians, "Tutelary deity of Earth and Land"
= Gondi mythology
=Bhivsen or Bhimal, god of the earth
Bhum, goddess of the earth and mother of humanity
= Hittite mythology
=Sarruma, god of the mountains
Ubelluris, mountain god who bears the world in his shoulders
= Hindu mythology
=Prithvi, the Mother-goddess of the earth, featured in Vedas
Bhumi, goddess of the earth, featured in Puranas
Dharā Hindu Vasu god representing the earth and the element earth
= Buddhist mythology
=Kṣitigarbha, "bodhisattva of Earth and Land"
Vasudhara, goddess
= Meitei mythology
=In Meitei mythology and religion:
Leimarel Sidabi, goddess of the earth, creation, nature, and the household
Panthoibi
Phouoibi
= Sumerian mythology
=Ki, goddess of the earth
Ninhursag, mother goddess of the earth, fertility, mountains, and rulers
Šumugan, in Sumerian mythology, god of the river plains, given charge by the god Enki over the flat alluvial lands of southern Mesopotamia
Nuska vizier of the chief Sumerian god Enlil but later associated with Nippur ("Enlil City") as the god of the earth
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, sheepfolds, and stables
= Thai mythology
=Phra Mae Thorani, goddess of the earth who stopped the demons from attacking the Buddha.
Phra Bhum Chaiya mongkol (พระภูมิชัยมงคล - Bhummaso), "Tutelary deity of Earth and Land" in Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and myanmar
Phra Mae Thorani and Phra Nang Bhum Chaiya (พระนางภูมิไชยา - Bhummaso), "Tutelary goddess of Earth and Land" in Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and myanmar
= Turkic and Mongolian mythology
=Etugen Eke, goddess of the earth
Umay (Eje)
= Vedic religion
=In Historical Vedic religion:
Prithvi
= Vietnamese
=Ông Địa, is the earth god who governs the land
Ông Tà, the god who governs the fields and gardens
Mẫu Địa
Diêu Trì Địa Mẫu
Bà Thổ
Hậu Thổ
European mythology
= Albanian mythology
=Zonja e Dheut, Dheu: goddess of the earth, great mother earth, respectively
= Baltic mythology
=Žemyna, goddess of the earth
= Celtic mythology
=Danu, ancient goddess of the earth
= Etruscan mythology
=Cel, goddess of the earth
= Finnish mythology
=Akka, goddess of the earth
= Georgian mythology
=Mindort-batoni, god of the mountains
= Germanic mythology
=Jörð, goddess of the earth
Nerthus, earth goddess
Skaði, goddess of the mountains and winter
Sif, goddess of the earth
= Greek mythology
=Demeter, goddess of the harvest, sacred law, and the earth
Gaia, primordial goddess of the earth. She was one of the earliest elemental deities, having been created at the beginning of time. It was thought that all creation is descended from Gaia, the great mother of all things. According to Greek mythology, she was the creator of the universe and was responsible for the birth of both humanity and the first race of gods the Titans.
Cronus, god of the harvest.
Poseidon, one of the Twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religion and myth; god of the sea and other waters, earthquakes and horses.
Cybele
Persephone
Rhea
= Latvian mythology
=Zemes māte
Māra
= Lithuanian mythology
=Žemyna
= Roman mythology
=Ceres, goddess of the harvest, motherhood, and the earth
Terra, ancient goddess of the earth
Ops
Proserpina
= Romanian
=Muma Pădurii, Mama Gaia
= Slavic mythology
=Mat Zemlya, ancient goddess of the earth
Mokosh, goddess of fertility, moisture, women, the earth, and death. One of the oldest and only goddess in the slavic religion, Old Kievan pantheon of AD 980 mentions Mokoš, which survives in East Slavic folk traditions. Known as a woman who in the evening spins flax and wool, shears sheep, and has a large head and long arms.
Troglav, deity in Slavic mythology whose three heads were believed to represent sky, earth and the underworld.
Veles, horned god of the underworld, water, the earth, wealth, and cattle
Volos, Slavic god of earth, waters, and the underworld.
Oceanian mythology
= Hawaiian mythology
=Papahānaumoku, goddess of the earth
haumea, goddess of the Hawaiian Islands
= Maori mythology
=Papa, or Papatūānuku, goddess of the earth
Rūaumoko, in Māori mythology, god of earthquakes, volcanoes and seasons.
Western Asian mythology
= Levantine mythology
=Amurru, Amorite deity, occasionally called "lord of the steppe" or "lord of the mountain"
See also
Earth in culture
Earth symbol
Ekendriya
Mother Earth
Mother Nature
List of fertility deities
References
External links
Billington, Sandra; Green, Miranda (1998). Concept of the Goddess. London: Routledge. ISBN 9781134641512. OCLC 51912602, 252768704 – via Google Books preview.
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