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earth-goddess

or earth god·dess

[urth-god-is]

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noun

a goddess of fertility and vegetation.

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Origin of earth-goddess

First recorded in 1875–80

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for earth-goddess

These rites recall our May day observance, and give colour to the earth-goddess theory.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3|Various
To draw from a child caught unawares the force and the brooding love of an Earth-Goddess.
Rest Harrow|Maurice Hewlett
Both μέλαινα and ἐρινύς, according to Farnell, are epithets of Demeter as an earth-goddess of the under-world.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10|Various
Arianrhod, wife and sister of Gwydion, is perhaps an earth-goddess, but her significance is obscure.
An Introduction to Mythology|Lewis Spence

The earth-goddess is not banished, but remains as consort of the male divinity.
The New Stone Age in Northern Europe|John M. Tyler