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earth mother

–noun
1. the earth conceived of as the female principle of fertility and the source of all life.
2. a female spirit or deity serving as a symbol of life or fertility.
3. a sensuous, maternal woman.
Also, Earth Mother.


Origin:
1900–05
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earth-mother 
1904, folkloric spirit of the earth, conceived as sensual, maternal; a transl. of Ger. erdmutter.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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