White Earth

White Earth/White Earths may refer to:

  • Zaculeu ("White Earth"), pre-classic city of the Mam-Maya of Guatemala (Saqulew in modern orthography)
    • Saqulewab, "White Earths", referring to the Mam people in the Popol Vuh
United States
  • White Earth, Minnesota, a census-designated place
  • White Earth Indian Reservation in Minnesota
    • White Earth Band of Ojibwe
  • White Earth River (Minnesota)
  • White Earth, North Dakota, a small city
  • White Earth River (North Dakota)
Other uses
  • A special case derived from Earth climate simulations whereby the Earth is plunged into a state of total glaciation. Seems to provide statistical support for the Snowball Earth theory.
  • The White Earth, a Miles Franklin Award-winning novel by Andrew McGahan

Famous quotes containing the words white and/or earth:

    The red rose whispers of passion,
    And the white rose breathes of love;
    O, the red rose is a falcon,
    And the white rose is a dove.
    John Boyle O’Reilly (1844–1890)

    There exists a species of transcendental ventriloquism by means of which men can be made to believe that something said on earth comes from Heaven.
    —G.C. (Georg Christoph)