earth-god

or earth god

[ urth-god ]

noun

1. a god of fertility and vegetation.

Example Sentences

A Chinese earth-god shrine sits next to the drink refrigerator, for protection and prosperity.

From The New Yorker

If cattle were used in threshing the crop, it is believed that the earth-god would feel insulted by the dung and urine of the animals.

From Project Gutenberg

Dedun was a Nubian god, who appears to have been a creative earth-god.

From Project Gutenberg

In explanation it is said: "Fire is the earth-god, Wind, or Indra, is the god of the atmosphere, and the sun is the god of the sky."

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The earth-god Osiris, god of the living, had died and had been brought to life as god of the dead.

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