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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. [1]
Ops, goddess of fertility and the earth; Pilumnus, nature god who ensured children grew properly and stayed healthy; Pomona, goddess of fruit trees, gardens and orchards; Silvanus, tutelary spirit or deity of woods and fields and protector of forests; Terra, primeval goddess personifying the earth; equivalent to the Greek goddess Gaia
This category covers gods of the Earth, and also of earthquakes. Subcategories. This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total. C. Cronus (2 C, 13 P) H.
Pherecydes uses the name Chthonie for the primeval goddess who later became Ge and Musaeus the same name for the oracular goddess of Delphi. [19] Homer uses the for chthon the epithets "euryodeia" (broad-seated) and "polyvoteira" (all-nourishing) which can also be used for the earth. [20] In some plays of Aeschylus"chthon" is the earth-goddess ...
Although Tellus and Terra are hardly distinguishable during the Imperial era, [1] Tellus was the name of the original earth goddess in the religious practices of the Republic or earlier. [2] [3] The scholar Varro (1st century BC) lists Tellus as one of the di selecti, the twenty principal gods of Rome, and one of the twelve agricultural deities.
Earth gods (8 C, 37 P) M. Mountain deities (3 C, 1 P) U. Underworld deities (2 C, 10 P) Pages in category "Earth deities" The following 10 pages are in this category ...
God of the sun and of good weather; Marohu's twin brother. Márohu: God of the moon and of rain, rainstorms, and floods; Boinayel's twin brother. Maketaori Guayaba: The god of Coaybay or Coabey, the land of the dead. Opiyel Guabiron: A dog-shaped god that watched over the dead; often associated with the Greek Cerberus. Tongva: Chinigchinix
Geb (Ancient Egyptian: gbb, Egyptological pronunciation: Gebeb), also known as Ceb (/ ˈ s ɛ b /, / ˈ k ɛ b /), [a] was the Egyptian god of the Earth [1] and a mythological member of the Ennead of Heliopolis. He could also be considered a father of snakes.