...Originally a sky spirit, her compassion for human suffering brought her to earth and to share our fate.
...survive, or gives the child up, she takes on the role of spiritual foster mother for the child. She spins the cloth of life for the child, but weeps at the
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...Milk), Veļu Māte (mother of the souls/spirits), Zemes Māte (Mother of the Earth) and other “mothers”.
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...ry:Roman mythology|Roman mythology]] '''Fauna''' was the mother goddess of earth, rural life, fields, cattle and wild creatures. She was a protectress of wo
A Roman earth-mother and fertility goddess, usually referred to as the '''Bona Dea'''.
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'''Narakasura''' or '''Naraka''' is the asura son of the earth goddess Bhudevi (Bhumi) and Lord Vishnu in his [[Varaha]] (boar) avatar (in
...at he would be destroyed by a later incarnation of Vishnu. His mother, the earth, sought the boon from Vishnu that her son should have a long life, and that
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...h the earth) in Akkadian mythology. With her twin brother Lahmu she is the mother of Anshar and Kishar, who were in turn parents of the first gods. She and h
...and Lahamu represent the silt of the sea-bed, the twin horizons of sky and earth. Because the wavy line of a gliding snake is similar to the ripple of water
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...ls. She could be seen as the female side of nature, maaemonen, the "mother earth" whom Ukko ferilizes.
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...wolf. Left in peace Gloskap was able to finish creating the earth from his mother's body.
...s in the universe—the air, the earth, the animals, and the people—from his mother's body. His evil brother Malsum created the mountains and valleys and all t
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...e epitome of fertile earth and her duty includes nourishing of all life on earth, human, plant and animal.
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...ss [[Siris]] or conceived by the pure waters of the Apsu-gods and the wide Earth.
In another legend--that of Etana--the mother serpent, addressing the sun god, Shamash, says:
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...ामधेनु, pronounced [kaməðenu]) was a divine cow who was believed to be the mother of all cows.
...ughter of Daksha, and the wife of the rishi Kasyapa. Kamadhenu appeared on earth as one of the precious things that were brought to light in the Churning of
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...oad by causing the ground to split open and release flames from within the earth;=.
...stress, the unborn Mothra caterpillar emerged from its egg and came to its mother's aid. Even this was not enough, and Desghidorah drove both of his enemies
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...ughter of Uranus and Gaia, a sister and wife of the Titan Oceanus, and the mother of the river gods and the Oceanids.
...rother Oceanus, an enormous river encircling the world, and was by him the mother of numerous sons (the river gods) and numerous daughters (the Oceanids).
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...otl''' (also known as '''Ixcuiname''') was an earth, sex, childbirth and a mother goddess. She was referred to as "the eater of filth" because she visited pe
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...yne. The Pleiadians reside on the planet Erra, which is almost as large as Earth, one of ten planets that circle their sun, Tayget. Other pleiadians would l
...rom the Pleiades. Since they have kept a record of the complete history of Earth's human evolution from the very beginning to our present time.
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*In the Slavic myth, it is so vile that Mother Earth wishes not to have it within her womb, so it remains above ground for all e
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'''Cecrops''' was a mythical Greek king, born from the earth itself, had his top half shaped like a man and the bottom half in serpent o
...of Athens itself, born from the soil, though preceded in the region by the earth-born king Actaeus, of Attica. Cecrops ruled Athens 1556-1506 BCE. The Acrop
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...feared, he notes that the rugaru is seen as sacred and in tune with Mother Earth, somewhat like bigfoot legends are today.
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...she is frequently called ''Maa Durga'' and is sometimes referred to as the mother of '''[[Ganesh]]''', '''[[Lakshmi]]''', and '''[[Saraswati]]''', though in
...gods including the trinity themselves. He unleashed a reign of terror on earth, heaven and the nether worlds.
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...made for Adam and Eve by God. However, since it was made of fire and Adam, earth, they were incompatible. The introduction of Eve angered the Al, and thus w
...basket hanging from its shoulder, in which the liver or lung of the young mother is placed."
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...an burial, they could not go to Heaven but were forced instead to roam the earth until they could persuade someone to bury them properly. It was believed th
...he height of a cowshed. When it returned to his birthplace to seek out his mother, however, it dwindled to a curl of smoke, able to slip into a dwelling and
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...the sky; the eyes, the sun; back, the moon; the wings, the wind; feet, the earth; and the tail, the planets. It is sometimes pictured with a fiery ball repr
...At conception, this remarkable bird delivers the soul of the infant to its mother's womb.
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...the creator of heaven and earth) and Anahit (the moon, the Great Lady and Mother Deity). During the Hellenistic period, Astghik was coupled with the Greek A
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...y and mathematics alike. It was perhaps that which certain secret cults of earth have whispered of as YOG-SOTHOTH, and which has been a deity under other na
...d, and where They shall break through again. He knows where They have trod earth's fields, and where They still tread them, and why no one can behold Them a
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...ones" in remembrance of their indulgence when Orest seek refuge after his mother’s murder. They are sometimes represented by flies which harass their vict
...his son Cronus. It is also thought that they were the daughters of Mother Earth and Darkness, or of Cronus and Eurynome, or Cronus and Night. Their number
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<blockquote>A dragon horse is the vital spirit of Heaven and Earth. As a being its shape consists of a horse's body, yet it has dragon scales.
...aven creates divine things; the holy sage takes them as models. Heaven and earth change and transform; the holy sage imitates them. In the heavens hang imag
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...eations of God. The Vidyadhras with siddhas are said to have milked Mother Earth (Prithvi), who had assumed the form of cow by using sage Kapila as the calf
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'''Echidna''' was called the "Mother of All Monsters" and described by Hesiod as a female monster spawned in a c
...her a glorious house to dwell in: and she keeps guard in Arima beneath the earth, grim Echidna, a nymph who dies not nor grows old all her days.'' (''[[Theo
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...uated somewhere in the southern region. After this time they may return to Earth in new bodies.
...mountain to chop firewood was eaten by a tiger beast, leaving his widowed mother in deep sorrow. So she went to Pan-Guan Cui, and he instantly dealt with it
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...e primeval flood, in the form of the wind, ceaselessly repeating the word "earth" until the solid world rose from the seas. When the gods became angry with
...tz, the serpent covered with green feathers, and Xpiyacoc and Xmucane, the mother and father gods. As the result of their deliberations animals were created.
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...the child of Devaki, was in fact the daughter of Yashoda, Krishna's foster-mother. Infuriated n upohearing this, Kamsa called the demon Keshi and ordered him
...the form of a huge horse, who galloped at the speed of thoughts, wore the earth with his hooves and scattered celestial vehicles and clouds in the sky with
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<blockquote>Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and stea
:Rifled the bowels of their mother Earth
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...sipattle. The youngest of seven sons, Assipattle lived with his father and mother and brothers on a farm by a burn. All his family worked hard on the farm sa
Assipattle's mother and father despaired of him and his brothers cursed him for a fool, kicking
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...r christened before death. It is said that they are destined to wander the earth eternally while practicing their collection of pranks.
...n known to come to people’s houses crying and whimpering for the love of a mother. They feed off cultivated gardens and seem to have a bizarre fondness for w
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...dragon with a hundred heads, to guard the precious tree which Gaia (Mother Earth) had given to her, Queen of the Heavens, at her wedding to Zeus. So Ladon w
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...father, [[Uranus]] ("Heaven"), at the urgings of their mother, [[Gaia]] ("Earth").
...] as the youngest set of children of [[Uranus]], heaven, and [[Gaia]], the Earth:
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...Tiamat can also be derived from the Sumerian ''ti'', "life", and ''ama'', "mother". Burkert even attempts a linguistic connection to Tethys. The later form t
...o about 2000 BCE). At the beginning, the heavens did not yet exist nor the earth below, there was nothing but two elements - Apsu, "the first, the begetter"
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...n Revelation, Apollyon opens the gates of the abyss and unleashes upon the earth his swarms of demons locusts, who then proceed to torture those of mankind
...the key to the abyss and releases these demon hordes on the people of the earth
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...oolboy; or himself being banished from Heaven and becoming a mere human on Earth.
...to free herself from the pond using her magical powers. She heads down to earth, intent to re-unite with Xu Xian, transforming herself to a human being as
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...ultures snakes symbolized the umbilical cord, joining all humans to Mother Earth. The Great Goddess often had snakes as her familiars - sometimes twining ar
...s of the Solomon Islands (each with different responsibilities), the Aztec Mother Goddess Coatlicue, and the Voodoo snake-spirits Damballah, Simbi and Petro.
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...t became of the second, non-hairy son is a mystery, as he did not join his mother and siblings on tour and is mentioned only sporadically before that point.
Moung Phoset worked primarily as a carpenter, and he, his mother, and his sister earned extra income by exhibiting themselves to European vi
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..., even heather daughter, but all to no purpose; the girl remained what her mother called her, "an idle cuttie."
...cuse; they must be returned in three days spun into yarn. The girl saw her mother was in earnest, so she plied her distaff as well as she could; but her litt
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...lfar'']; but the [[Dark elf|Dark-elves]] [''dökkálfar''] dwell down in the earth, and they are unlike in appearance, but by far more unlike in nature. The L
...imlé and the southernmost end of heaven that shall survive when heaven and earth have passed away, explains:
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...us earth on a visit to Okeanos, whence the gods have risen, and Tethys our mother who brought me up kindly in their own house."
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...ds he is the son of [[Zeus]] and in some he is the son of [[Hermes]]. His mother is said to be a [[nymph]]. His nature and name is alluring, particularly si
...her. Echo was torn to pieces and spread all over earth. The goddess of the earth, Gaia, received the pieces of Echo, whose voice remains repeating the last
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...complementary to female fertility deities known collectively as the Great Mother.
...cient Pagan worship, focused on the duality of the Great God and the Great Mother. It should be noted, however, that Wicca is little based on historical find
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...ild Woman is also an important, and ancient, link to the primordial Mother Earth. The Green Woman, the Wild Woman, is seen in numerous carvings in both the
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...ld only attain maturity if their umbilical "stem" remained attached to its mother tree. During the course of its restrained existence, the Barbary Lamb would
to the earth, and died. Its bones being placed with certain ceremonies
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...Artemis changed her into a bear. Callisto's son, Arcas, nearly killed his mother while hunting, but [[Zeus]] or Artemis stopped him and placed them both in
...Io as she wandered the earth. Eventually Io was driven to the ends of the earth, Egypt, where the Egyptians saw her and worshipped her as a goddess.
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...s their supreme god, and said that Jesus Christ was only a phantom sent to earth by him. They believed that his name contained great mysteries, as it was co
...so said that Jesus Christ, Our Savior, was but a benevolent spirit sent to earth by Abrasax. They deviated from the doctrine of their leader." </blockquote>
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...ter), Sėlija (Saturn), Žiezdrė (Mars), Vaivora (Mercury), and even Žemyna (Earth).
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