earth-goddess
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of earth-goddess
First recorded in 1875–80
Example Sentences
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Her earth-goddess magical powers make her a formidable ally, though she isn’t only that.
From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2022
All of which makes her sound like some kind of free-love, earth-goddess hippy.
From The Guardian • Jan. 2, 2016
With a towering headwrap that's both vaguely African and vaguely Dr. Seussian, her slender form decked out in earth-goddess colors, she looks like nobody else in popular music.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Egyptian earth-goddess, afterwards worshipped as the goddess of the moon.
From Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer by Baldwin, James
Both μέλαινα and ἐρινύς, according to Farnell, are epithets of Demeter as an earth-goddess of the under-world.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various
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