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Gods/Goddesses/Demigods * Gaea (Gaia, Ge) - Greek earth goddess. (first syllable in "Geo-...") (Roman - Tellus) Gaea is the offspring of chaos. She begot Umnus (heaven) and Pontus (ocean) by Uranu. She is the mother of cyclops, the Hecatoncheires (100 headed ones) and titans. Mother of various sea creatures by Pontus. She is the source of all life. * Geb - Egyptian earth god Geb - his phallus as an obelisk, always trying to reach the sky goddess Nut or Neith (WDS.26) * Prithivi - Hindu deity for earth. also symbol - yellow diamond. (WDS.106) * Tellus (Terra) (Roman) earth goddess. Creatures/Beings/People * Gnome - is the medieval elemental spirit for earth. (WDS.7) Symbols and Objects * Circle with horizontal line in center - Alchemical symbol for salt (also water element) (WDS.7) (also called Woton's cross, used as a symbol for sun) (WDS.64) * Circle with cross in center. Traditional earth symbol. Earth is the Heaviest element. (WDS.7) * Clay - Early societies viewed pottery (clay work belonging to women) Earth element. Maya called their oldest form of pottery 'mamom' 'grandmother'. (WDS.150) (see life) * Cross (equal lengths +) - Pueblo indias had 'thinking woman' and 'spider woman' who first spun 2 threads (+) to create the 4 horizons to then populate withanimal, plants, people. (WDS.51) * Diamond - earth element in regular card deck. (WDS.72) * Diamond - Hindu tattvas - a way of identifying elements. Earth is a yellow diamond or square. "Prithivi" (also name of deity) (WDS.106) * Earth Diamond - (diamond with cross in center) - sign of virgin earth. )before mother earth) also was sign of Earth Mother in the orient. (supporting paradise of the gods.) also the eyes of fire, assoc. w/ Hel in Nordic tradition - Hel being the underworld Earth mother. (see death, fire) (WDS.50) * Flesh - the part of the body representing earth = flesh (WDS.7) * Pentacle is the tarot deck suit representing earth. (WDS.7) * Rune - "Odal" - (diamond with lines extended at bottom) - celtic teutonic tribe rune = LAND. (WDS.152) * Square with cross in center - 4 corners of earth. Around the world, many cultures gave the world the idea of having 4 corners/quarters/ directions and a center. The square symbol is a sign from China meaning law and order, given to humanity by the Earth Mother. (WDS.51) * Star / pentacle - the earth symbol in tarot deck. (WDS.72) * "Triceps" (3 diamond shapes spaced out starlike*) Nordic design - invocation of earth powers (WDS.41) Other Concepts * Artha - see money below * Death - one of the 4 elemental ways of disposing of the dead - earth = burial) (WDS.7) * Female - Earth is a female symbol (WDS.7) * LA - In Kali's hand, the sound for earth is "La" (WDS.7) * Wealth / money - material wealth. Sanskrit word "artha" connecting money with the earth and material wealth. Goddess giver of all earths riches. Today, money is a primary symbol of power. Money word derived from Roman worship of Juno Moneta - Juno the admonisher. (WDS.146) |