...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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