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In ancient Roman religion and mythology, Tellus Mater or Terra Mater [a] ("Mother Earth") is the personification of the Earth.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.
The earth-goddess can be identified ... (Sea) are the children of Aether and Dies (Day, the Roman ... claim that Gaia as Mother Earth is a later form of a ...
Amalur (sometimes Ama Lur or Ama Lurra [5]) was believed to be the goddess of the earth in the religion of the ancient Basque people. [6] She was described as the mother of Ekhi, the sun, and Ilazki, the moon. Her name meant "mother earth" or "mother land"; the 1968 Basque documentary Ama lur was a celebration of the Basque countryside. [7]
Mater ("Mother") was an honorific that respected a goddess's maternal authority and functions, and not necessarily "motherhood" per se. Early examples included Terra Mater (Mother Earth) and the Mater Larum (Mother of the Lares). Vesta, a goddess of chastity usually conceived of as a virgin, was honored as Mater.
It was held in honor of Ceres (the goddess of agriculture) and Tellus (Mother Earth). The initial half of the event was a festival in honor of Tellus which ran from January 24 through January 26. The festival honoring Ceres occurred one week later, starting February 2.
In ancient Roman religion, Ceres (/ ˈ s ɪər iː z / SEER-eez, [1] [2] Latin:) was a goddess of agriculture, grain crops, fertility and motherly relationships. [3] She was originally the central deity in Rome's so-called plebeian or Aventine Triad, then was paired with her daughter Proserpina in what Romans described as "the Greek rites of Ceres".
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 ...
Jörð, personification of the earth and the mother of Thor; Nerthus, goddess of the earth, called by the Romans Terra Mater; Njörð, god of the sea, fishing, and fertility; Rán, goddess of the sea, storms, and death; Skaði, goddess of mountains, skiing, winter, archery and hunting; Sif, goddess of earth, fertility, and the harvest