List of earth deities
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This is a list of earth deities. An Earth god or Earth goddess is a deification of the Earth associated with a figure with chthonic or terrestrial attributes. There are many different Earth goddesses and gods in many different cultures mythology. However, Earth is usually portrayed as a goddess. Earth goddesses are often associated with the chthonic deities of the underworld.[1]
Statue of Deity of Earth and Soil in Polytheism left - Statue dìguān dàdì (Three Great Emperor-Officials), in Taoism and Chinese folk religion in Magongsānguān shrine (澎湖三官殿) Magong Penghu, Taiwan and right - Geb in Ancient Egyptian religion
In Greek mythology, the Earth is personified as Gaia, corresponding to Roman Terra, Indic Prithvi/Bhūmi, etc. traced to an "Earth Mother" complementary to the "Sky Father" in Proto-Indo-European religion. Egyptian mythology have the sky goddesses, Nut and Hathor, with the earth gods, Osiris and Geb. Ki and Ninhursag are Mesopotamian earth goddesses.