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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]
Vayu-Vata, two gods often paired together; the former was the god of wind and the latter was the god of the atmosphere/air. Enlil, the Sumerian god of air, wind, breath, loft. Ninlil, goddess of the wind and consort of Enlil. Pazuzu, king of the wind demons, demon of the southwest wind, and son of the god Hanbi.
Jengu, Sawabantu and Duala water spirits. Nyambe, Bantu Supreme deity and god of the sun. Nzambi, Bakongo Sky Father and god of the sun. Nzambici, Bakongo Sky Mother and goddess of the moon and earth. Simbi, Bakongo nature spirits of the water and forest.
Japanese. European alchemy. v. t. e. Prithvi (Sanskrit: पृथ्वी, Pṛthvī, also पृथिवी, Pṛthivī, "the Vast One", also rendered Pṛthvī Mātā), is the Sanskrit name for the earth, as well as the name of the goddess-personification of it in Hinduism. The goddess Prithvi is an archetypal Mother Goddess, and along with ...
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]
Aúra, lit. "breeze" pronounced [ǎu̯raː], or Αὔρη pronounced [ǎu̯rɛː]) is a minor wind goddess, whose name means "breeze". [1] The plural form, Aurae (Greek: Αὔραι) is sometimes found to describe a group of breeze nymphs. According to the late antiquity writer Nonnus, Aura is the daughter of the Titan Lelantos and the mother ...
The name of Erichthonius includes chthon which is not the underground kingdom of the dead, but the Homeric earth. [16] [17] [18] In ancient times the earth was considered a plane or a flat disk with a wide extent. [12] The earth-goddess can be identified with the nymph "Plataia" (broad one) in Plataea of Boeotia as the spouse of Zeus. [19]
t. e. Vayu (Sanskrit pronunciation: [ʋaːjʊ], Sanskrit: वायु, IAST: Vāyu), also known as Vata and Pavana, [9] is the Hindu god of the winds as well as the divine messenger of the gods. In the Vedic scriptures, Vayu is an important deity and is closely associated with Indra, the king of gods.