Earth goddess
An Earth goddess is a deification of the Earth. Earth goddesses are often associated with the "chthonic" deities of the underworld.[1]
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
Statue of syncretic Goddess Persephone - Isis with a sistrum, Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Heraklion, Crete
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, Diêu Trì Địa Mẫu, Bà Thổ and Hậu Thổ
- 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
References
- "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. 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
- Billington, Sandra; Green, Miranda (1998). Concept of the Goddess. London: Routledge. ISBN 9781134641512. OCLC 51912602, 252768704 – via Google Books preview.
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