Mother Earth en · PROPN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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The personification of the Earth, (chiefly) conceived as a fertile, nurturing, and loving mother; a personification invoked in many contexts, religious and nonreligious, including figurative use in scientific contexts.
Near-synonym: Mother Nature
We had not gone thirty paces from the shaft when far down in the depths my iron dart shot into the nerve ganglion of old Mother Earth and the great moment had arrived.
1928 February 25 – March 3, Arthur Conan Doyle, “When the World Screamed”, in The Professor Challenger Stories […], London: John Murray, […], published [1952], →OCLC, page 574:
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The goddess of the earth in various cultures; a statue or figurine of this goddess.
[P]igs and sows by their exceeding fruitfulness would in their hour of sacrifice remind old mother Earth of what was expected from her!
1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 73:Rather than sacrifice to Mother Earth, Anglo-Saxons were encouraged to direct their prayers to the Virgin Mary[.]
1999, Robert Lacey, Danny Danziger, The Year 1000: What life was like at the turn of The First Millennium, London: Abacus, published 2000, page 143:
Synonyms
Ge · Terra · Tellus · Terra · Mother Nature · Great Mother · Gaea · Earth Mother · Gaia · Great Earth Mother · Demeter · Rhea · Gaia · Bhumi · Great Goddess · Gaea · Earth
Translations (28)
hi पृथ्वी (personification of Earth) · fr Terre-Mère (personification of Earth) · fi maaemo (personification of Earth) · hit 𒋫𒂵𒀭𒍣𒉺𒀸 (personification of Earth) · ja 母地球 (personification of Earth) · pl Matka Ziemia (personification of Earth) · bg Майка Земя (personification of Earth) · apw nii gúsdzâné (personification of Earth) · cy y Fam Ddaear (personification of Earth) · yux лэбиэд эмэй (personification of Earth) · pt Mãe Terra (personification of Earth) · es Madre Tierra (personification of Earth) · sv Moder Jord (personification of Earth) · da Moder Jord (personification of Earth) · ka დედამიწა (personification of Earth) · it Madre Terra (personification of Earth) · tr Doğa Ana (personification of Earth) · id Pertiwi (personification of Earth) · gl Nai Terra (personification of Earth) · sa पृथ्वी (personification of Earth) · te భూమాత (personification of Earth) · nl Moeder Aarde (personification of Earth) · hi धरित्री (personification of Earth) · ru Мать-Земля (personification of Earth) · sa धरित्री (personification of Earth) · de Mutter Erde (personification of Earth) · unm Kahèsëna Hàki (personification of Earth) · hi धरती माता (personification of Earth)