单词 | earth god |
释义 | > as lemmasearth god earth god n. a god associated with or symbolic of the earth. [Compare German Erdgott, †Erdengott (mid 17th cent. or earlier; compare also Old High German ertcot, with reference to the classical god Tellurus).] ΚΠ 1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God vii. xxviii. 289 How can those heauen-gods now be earth-gods, or these earth-gods haue roomes aboue or reference to heauen? 1871 A. C. Swinburne Songs before Sunrise 148 The earth-god Freedom. 1904 Folk-Lore Sept. 312 As an embodiment of the earth-god the king was responsible for the fruits of the earth. 1996 J. Brown Hong Kong & Macau: Rough Guide (ed. 3) 93 Protectors of the local community, Earth Gods have been worshipped for centuries on the mainland. < as lemmas |
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