Earth god
An Earth god is a deification of the Earth associated with a figure with chthonic or terrestrial attributes.
Statue of Deity of Earth and Soil in Polytheism left - Statue dìguān dàdì (Three Great Emperor-Officials), in Taoism and Chinese folk religion in Magongsānguān shrine (澎湖三官殿) Magong Penghu, Taiwan and right - Geb in Ancient Egyptian religion
In Greek mythology, the Earth is personified as Gaia, corresponding to Roman Terra. Egyptian mythology have the sky goddesses, Nut and Hathor, with the earth gods, Osiris and Geb.
Ancient Egyptian religion
- Geb, "God of Earth and Land"
Europe
Greek
- Poseidon, one of the Twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religion and myth; god of the Sea and other waters; of earthquakes; and of horses
Slavic
- Volos, Slavic god of earth, waters, and the underworld.
- Troglav, deity in Slavic mythology whose three heads were believed to represent sky, earth and the underworld.
Asia
Sumerian
- 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, sheep folds, and stables
Levantine
Chinese folk religion and Taoism
- dìguān dàdì (Three Great Emperor-Officials), in Taoism and Chinese folk religion, "Emperor God of Earth and Land"
- Tu Di Gong, in Taoism and Chinese folk religion, "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"
Mahayana and Vajrayana
- Kṣitigarbha, "bodhisattva of Earth and Land"
Vietnamese
- Thổ Công, is the earth god who governs the land, each house; each piece of land will have its own Thổ Công.
- Ông Tà, the god who governs the fields and gardens
Americas
- 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
- 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
Pacific Ocean
- Rūaumoko, in Māori mythology, god of earthquakes, volcanoes and seasons.[3][4]
Africa
- Medr/Meder, Ethiopian, Aksumite, Earth god
- Ratovantany, Malagasy deity that shaped humans from clay and takes their corpses after death
See also
References
- Beaulieu, Paul-Alain. "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. pp. 31-46.
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- 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.
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