earth-goddess
or earth god·dess
[urth-god-is]
- a goddess of fertility and vegetation.
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Origin of earth-goddess
First recorded in 1875–80
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Historical Examples
The earth-goddess is not banished, but remains as consort of the male divinity.
The New Stone Age in Northern EuropeJohn M. Tyler
Her historical connection with the great Asian earth-goddess, the Mother-Goddess, is uncertain.
Introduction to the History of ReligionsCrawford Howell Toy
The earth-goddess Toci or Teteoinnan was regarded as the progenitrix or mother of the gods.
An Introduction to MythologyLewis Spence
She may thus represent the old Earth-goddess, whose place the native Dispater gradually usurped.
The Religion of the Ancient CeltsJ. A. MacCulloch
Both μέλαινα and ἐρινύς, according to Farnell, are epithets of Demeter as an earth-goddess of the under-world.