earth mother

or Earth Mother

noun

1. the earth conceived of as the female principle of fertility and the source of all life.
2. a female spirit or deity serving as a symbol of life or fertility.
3. a sensuous, maternal woman.

earth mother

noun

1. in various mythologies
   1. a female goddess considered as the source of fertility and life
   2. the earth personified
2. informal.
   a sensual or fecund woman

Word History and Origins

Origin of earth mother¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

Two were blue like the sky and two dun-red like the flesh of the Earth-mother.

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Tiw is the god of honorable war, the son of Odin and Frigga, the earth mother.

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As Kali she is the black earth-mother, and as Jagadgauri, the yellow woman, the harvest bride.

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This earth-mother is the characteristic and central feature of the early Aegean religions.

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Warm is the Earth-mother, cold the Sky-father, even as woman is the warm, man the cold being!

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