earth mother

or Earth Mother

noun

the earth conceived of as the female principle of fertility and the source of all life.
a female spirit or deity serving as a symbol of life or fertility.
a sensuous, maternal woman.

Origin of earth mother

First recorded in 1900–05

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Examples from the Web for earth-mother

Historical Examples

Demeter (from Ge-meter, earth-mother) was the daughter of Cronus and Rhea.
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome
E.M. Berens
Two were blue like the sky and two dun-red like the flesh of the Earth-mother.
Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest
Katharine Berry Judson
The earth itself they designated Pachacamama, or 'Earth-Mother'.
An Introduction to Mythology
Lewis Spence
Wishing for that whereby thou hast being, I shall go forth from here prayerfully upon the trails of my earth-mother.
Zui Fetiches
Frank Hamilton Cushing
One of these names, Sirŏna, probably meant the long-lived one, and was applied to the earth-mother.
Celtic Religion
Edward Anwyl

British Dictionary definitions for earth-mother

earth mother

noun

(in various mythologies)
1. a female goddess considered as the source of fertility and life
2. the earth personified
informal a sensual or fecund woman

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Word Origin and History for earth-mother

n.

1904, folkloric spirit of the earth, conceived as sensual, maternal; a translation of German erdmutter.

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or Earth Mother

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Examples from the Web for earth-mother

Historical Examples

Demeter (from Ge-meter, earth-mother) was the daughter of Cronus and Rhea.

Two were blue like the sky and two dun-red like the flesh of the Earth-mother.

The earth itself they designated Pachacamama, or 'Earth-Mother'.

Wishing for that whereby thou hast being, I shall go forth from here prayerfully upon the trails of my earth-mother.

One of these names, Sirŏna, probably meant the long-lived one, and was applied to the earth-mother.

earth mother

Word Origin and History for earth-mother

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Origin of earth mother