Earth god
An Earth god is a deification of the Earth associated with a male figure with chthonic or terrestrial attributes.
In Greek mythology, the Earth is personified as Gaia, corresponding to Roman Terra. Egyptian mythology have the sky goddesses, Nut and Hathor, with the earth gods, Osiris and Geb.
Europe[]
Greek[]
- Poseidon, one of the Twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religion and myth; god of the Sea and other waters; of earthquakes; and of horses
Slavic[]
- Volos, Slavic god of earth, waters, and the underworld.
- Troglav, deity in Slavic mythology whose three heads were believed to represent sky, earth and the underworld.
Asia[]
Sumerian[]
- Šumugan, in Sumerian mythology, god of the river plains, given charge by the god Enki over the flat alluvial lands of southern Mesopotamia
- Nuska vizier of the chief Sumerian god Enlil but later associated with Nippur ("Enlil City") as the god of the earth
- Enten, Sumerian fertility deity identified with the abundance of the earth
- Enlil (