Deities and Concepts
- Earth Mother, counterpart of the Sky Father
- Mother Nature, a common metaphorical expression for the Earth and its biosphere as the giver and sustainer of life
- Mother Earth (deity), a Slavic deity
- Gaia (mythology), the Greek goddess personifying the earth
- Terra (mythology), the Roman goddess personifying the earth or land
- Mother goddess, the Earth Mother
- Pachamama, a pan-Andean concept and deity
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Famous quotes containing the words deities and/or concepts:
“The gods themselves,
Humbling their deities to love, have taken
The shapes of beasts upon them. Jupiter
Became a bull, and bellowed; the green Neptune
A ram, and bleated; and the fire-robed god,
Golden Apollo, a poor humble swain.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
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