earth goddess
Terra Mater figure
An earth goddess is a deity associated with fertility, agriculture, and the natural world—a mother figure embodying the land's life-giving power.
Many ancient cultures had such figures: Gaia in Greek mythology, Demeter, Pachamama.
The term extends loosely to any woman seen as embodying natural, maternal, or ecological qualities: She's a real earth goddess type, always barefoot in her garden.
- GaiaPrimordial earth deity
- DemeterGreek agricultural deity
- great motherElder female ancestor or admirable mom
- offeringsThings presented or given
- chthonicOf underworld spirits
fertility · abundance · soil · mountains · animism · festivals · Rhea · nurturing · sacred sites · sacred grove · stone circles · holy ground · renewal · spring equinox · creation · altars · womb · motherhood
- African folkloreAnansi, folktales, ancestors, spirits, trickster stories
- Chinese Mythologycreation story, Jade Emperor, white snake, celestial beings, fox spirits
- earth loreGaia, geomancy, ley lines, sacred stones, standing stones
- goddess worshipAphrodite, Artemis, Athena, Demeter, Diana
- nature spiritualitynature worship, pantheism, nature deities, paganism, druids
- paganismWicca, pagan, heathen, polytheist, polytheism
elemental association
earth goddesswind god
Deity controlling air currents
fire god · sea god · Poseidon · water deity · Aeolus