Mother Earth

Mother Earth

English

Proper noun

Mother Earth

1. The personification of the Earth, (chiefly) conceived as a fertile, nurturing, and loving mother.
2. (religion) The goddess of the earth in various cultures. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Synonyms

• (personification): Earth; Gaia, Gaea; Terra
• (goddess of the earth): Gaia, Gaea, Ge, Rhea, Demeter (Greek); Terra, Tellus (Roman); Earth Mother (neopagan)

Related terms

• Mother Nature

Translations

personification of Earth

Danish: Moder Jord Dutch: Moeder Aarde f Finnish: maaemo French: Terre-Mère f Galician: Nai Terra f German: Mutter Erde f Hindi: पृथ्वी (hi) f (pŕthvī) Italian: Madre Terra f

Japanese: 母地球 (ははちきゅう, haha-chikyū) Polish: Matka Ziemia f Portuguese: Mãe Terra f Sanskrit: पृथ्वी (sa) f (pṛthvī) Spanish: Madre Tierra f Swedish: Moder Jord c Turkish: Doğa Ana, Yertinç Ana

Anagrams

• Earth Mother, earth mother