Mother Nature

English Alternative forms en mother nature Proper noun A personification of nature as woman, emphasizing fertility and fecundity. en Mother Earth en 1867 Black and White, A Journal of a Three Months' Tour in the United States Henry Latham 87 The 'wet specimens,' those bottled in spirits, we did not see, as they were not yet arranged but the glass cases of broken bones, cracked and smashed, and bulbous and exfoliated in every form of distortion, as poor mother nature had tried to glue them together and splice them again, gave some idea of the horrors of war. en 1970 w:Real Friends w:The Friends of Distinction w:Love or Let Me Be Lonely Love or let me be lonely / Part time love I can find any day / So don't defy mother nature's way please / Make it mine, a love for to stay en w:Roland Orzabal;w:Ian Stanley;w:Chris Hughes no w:Everybody Wants to Rule the World w:Songs from the Big Chair 1985 w:Tears for Fears https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qs-8xYwYJAQ Acting on your best behaviourTurn your back on Mother NatureEverybody wants to rule the world en Is Sweden Doing It Right? New York Times Thomas L. Friedman 2020-04-28 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/28/opinion/coronavirus-sweden.html But when you’re in a struggle with one of Mother Nature’s challenges — like a virus or a climate change — the goal is not to defeat her. No one can. She’s just chemistry, biology and physics. The goal is to adapt. https://web.archive.org/web/20251104224501/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/28/opinion/coronavirus-sweden.html 4 November 2025 Related terms en law of nature natural law natural science Translations the personification of Nature and the Earth's biosphere as a woman Catalan: ca Mare Naturalesa f Dutch: nl Moeder Natuur f Finnish: fi luontoäiti French: fr Mère Nature f, fr Dame Nature f German: de Mutter Natur f Hindi: hi प्रकृती f Japanese: ja 母自然 ははしぜん, haha-shizen Polish: pl Matka Natura f Portuguese: pt Mãe Natureza f Spanish: es Madre Naturaleza f Swedish: sv Moder Natur c Tagalog: tl Inang Kalikasan Tamil: ta இயற்கை அன்னை Telugu: te ప్రకృతి మాత Turkish: tr Doğa Ana, tr Tabiat Ana Further reading en Personifications Wicca