Mother Earth

English thumb|Mother Earth (en Q2) thumb|Mother Earth (en Q334486), sculpted during the Copper Age Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Mother Earth.wav Southern England Proper noun Mother Earth en Q2 The personification of the Earth, en chiefly conceived as a fertile, nurturing, and loving mother; a personification invoked in many contexts, religious and nonreligious, including figurative use in scientific contexts. en Earth Gaia<id:Q2> Gaea Terra en Mother Nature 574 We had not gone thirty paces from the shaft when far down in the depths my iron dart shot into the nerve ganglion of old Mother Earth and the great moment had arrived. en Q334486 en religion The goddess of the earth in various cultures; a statue or figurine of this goddess. en Earth Mother Great Earth Mother Great Mother Great Goddess<qq:various folk, pagan, or neopagan religions> ; Gaia Gaea Ge Rhea Demeter<qq:Greek> ; Terra Tellus<qq:Roman> ; Bhumi<qq:Hinduism> en 1920 w:Edward Carpenter Pagan and Christian Creeds 1921 New York Harcourt, Brace and Co. 73 [P]igs and sows by their exceeding fruitfulness would in their hour of sacrifice remind old mother Earth of what was expected from her! en 1999 2000 Robert Lacey; Danny Danziger The Year 1000: What life was like at the turn of The First Millennium Abacus London 143 Rather than sacrifice to Mother Earth, Anglo-Saxons were encouraged to direct their prayers to the Virgin Mary[.] Translations personification of Earth Apache: Western Apache: apw nii gúsdzâné Bulgarian: bg Майка Земя f Danish: da Moder Jord Dutch: nl Moeder Aarde f Finnish: fi maaemo French: fr Terre-Mère f Galician: gl Nai Terra f Georgian: ka დედამიწა German: de Mutter Erde f Hindi: hi पृथ्वी f, hi धरती माता f, hi धरित्री f Hittite: hit 𒋫𒂵𒀭𒍣𒉺𒀸 tagānzepaš Indonesian: id Pertiwi Italian: it Madre Terra f Japanese: ja 母地球 ははちきゅう, haha-chikyū Polish: pl Matka Ziemia f Portuguese: pt Mãe Terra f Russian: ru Мать-Земля f Sanskrit: sa पृथ्वी f, sa धरित्री Spanish: es Madre Tierra f Swedish: sv Moder Jord c Telugu: te భూమాత Turkish: tr Doğa Ana Unami: unm Kahèsëna Hàki Welsh: cy Mam Ddaear f y Fam Ddaear Yukaghir: Southern Yukaghir: yux лэбиэд эмэй Anagrams en aeehhmorrtt Earth Mother earth mother en Personifications