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Mother Earth image, 17th century alchemical text, Atalanta Fugiens. The pre-Socratic philosophers abstracted the entirety of phenomena of the world as singular: physis, and this was inherited by Aristotle. [citation needed] The word "nature" comes from the Latin word, "natura", meaning birth or character [see nature (philosophy)].
Pachamama (pacha + mama) is usually translated as Mother Earth. A more literal translation would be "World Mother" (in the Aymara and Quechua languages). [7] The Inca goddess can be referred to in multiple ways; the primary way being Pachamama. Other names for her are: Mama Pacha, La Pachamama, and Mother Earth.
Mother Earth may refer to: The Earth goddess in any of the world's mythologies; Mother goddess; Mother Nature, a common personification of the Earth and its biosphere ...
In Greek mythology, Gaia (/ ˈ ɡ eɪ ə, ˈ ɡ aɪ ə /; [2] Ancient Greek: Γαῖα, romanized: Gaîa, a poetic form of Γῆ (Gê), meaning 'land' or 'earth'), [3] also spelled Gaea (/ ˈ dʒ iː ə /), [2] is the personification of Earth. [4] Gaia is the ancestral mother—sometimes parthenogenic—of all life. She is the mother of Uranus ...
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.
Additionally, the Anglo-Saxon goddess Erce (possibly meaning 'bright, pure') is called the 'mother of Earth' (eorþan modor) and likely identified with Mother Earth herself in a ritual to be performed on an unfruitful plough-land. [13] She is also called Fīra Mōdor ('Mother of men') in Old English poetry. [5]
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]
Moder Jord (Mother Earth) by Stephan Sinding. Jörð (Old Norse: Jǫrð, lit. 'earth') is the personification of earth and a goddess in Norse mythology.She is the mother of the thunder god Thor and a sexual partner of Odin. [1]