| 单词 | earth goddess |
| 释义 | > as lemmasearth goddess earth goddess n. a goddess associated with or symbolic of the earth; cf. earth mother n. 1. [In quot. 1835 after German Erdgöttin (1833 in the passage translated; < Erdgott (see earth god n.) + -in -en suffix2).] ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > specific thing as > the earth as mother earth1568 earth mother1832 earth goddess1835 1835 tr. C. O. Müller Diss. Eumenides of Æschylus 162 This district, which abounded in very ancient temples of the Earth-goddesses [Ger. Erdgöttinnen]. 1958 C. Achebe Things fall Apart v. 31 It was an occasion for giving thanks to Ani, the earth goddess and the source of all fertility. 1996 F. Popcorn & L. Marigold Clicking ii. 131 One of the American Indian targets is the Church of Gaia, named after a Greek earth goddess, which blends Indian rituals with ecology. < as lemmas |
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