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The two words terra and tellus are thought to derive from the formulaic phrase tersa tellus, meaning "dry land". [citation needed] The etymology of tellus is uncertain; it is perhaps related to Sanskrit talam, "plain ground". [10] The 4th century AD Latin commentator Servius distinguishes between use of tellus and terra.
Terra incognita, unknown land, for regions that have not been mapped or documented; Terra nullius, land belonging to no one, nobody's land, empty or desolate land; Terra preta ("black earth"), very dark, fertile anthropogenic soil found in the Amazon Basin
In Greek mythology, the Earth is personified as Gaia, corresponding to Roman Terra, Indic Prithvi, etc. traced to an "Earth Mother" complementary to the "Sky Father" in Proto-Indo-European religion. Egyptian mythology have the sky goddesses, Nut and Hathor, with the earth gods, Osiris and Geb. Ki and Ninhursag are Mesopotamian earth goddesses.
Earth's average orbital distance is about 150 million km (93 million mi), which is the basis for the astronomical unit (AU) and is equal to roughly 8.3 light minutes or 380 times Earth's distance to the Moon. Earth orbits the Sun every 365.2564 mean solar days, or one sidereal year. With an apparent movement of the Sun in Earth's sky at a rate ...
Terra: Latin for 'earth' or 'land'. Related English words include terrestrial, territory and terrain. Incognita: from Latin cognoscere 'to know, be acquainted with' (negated by the prefix 'in-'), which is related to English know and Greek γνῶσις gnosis 'knowledge'. Related English words include agnostic, cognition, gnosticism.
Earth and the other Greek classical elements were incorporated into the Golden Dawn system. Zelator is the elemental grade attributed to earth; this grade is also attributed to the Sephirot of Malkuth. [6] The elemental weapon of earth is the Pentacle. [7] Each of the elements has several associated spiritual beings.
Tellus is a Latin word meaning "Earth" and may refer to: An alternative name for the planet Earth; Tellus of Athens, a citizen of ancient Athens who was thought to be the happiest of men; Tellus Mater or Terra Mater, the ancient Roman earth mother goddess; Tellus Science Museum in Cartersville, Georgia
Earth was first used as the name of the sphere of the Earth in the early fifteenth century. [4] The planet's name in Latin, used academically and scientifically in the West during the Renaissance , is the same as that of Terra Mater , the Roman goddess, which translates to English as Mother Earth .