earth-goddess
or earth god·dess
[ urth-god-is ]
noun
a goddess of fertility and vegetation.
Origin of earth-goddess
1First recorded in 1875–80
Words Nearby earth-goddess
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How to use earth-goddess in a sentence
To draw from a child caught unawares the force and the brooding love of an earth-goddess.
Rest Harrow | Maurice HewlettThere can be little doubt however that both he and his son have inherited the attributes of an ancient earth-goddess.
The Heroic Age | H. Munro ChadwickArianrhod, wife and sister of Gwydion, is perhaps an earth-goddess, but her significance is obscure.
An Introduction to Mythology | Lewis SpenceThe Gondhalis are the village priests of Devi, the earth-goddess, who is also frequently the tutelary goddess of the village.
The earth-goddess is not banished, but remains as consort of the male divinity.
The New Stone Age in Northern Europe | John M. Tyler
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