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earth-goddess

or earth god·dess

[ urth-god-is ]

noun

  1. a goddess of fertility and vegetation.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of earth-goddess1

First recorded in 1875–80

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Example Sentences

To draw from a child caught unawares the force and the brooding love of an Earth-Goddess.

There can be little doubt however that both he and his son have inherited the attributes of an ancient earth-goddess.

Arianrhod, wife and sister of Gwydion, is perhaps an earth-goddess, but her significance is obscure.

The Gondhalis are the village priests of Devi, the earth-goddess, who is also frequently the tutelary goddess of the village.

The earth-goddess is not banished, but remains as consort of the male divinity.

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