List of earth deities

This is a list of earth deities.

African mythology[]

Bono mythology[]

• Asase Ya, the goddess of the earth, farms, and fertility

Egyptian mythology[]

• Geb, god of the earth, vegetation, earthquakes, and snakes

Igbo mythology[]

• Ala, alusi of the earth, morality, fertility, and creativity

Yoruba mythology[]

• Babalú-Ayé, orisha of the earth, healing, smallpox, respect for the elderly

European mythology[]

Baltic mythology[]

• Žemyna, goddess of the earth

Celtic mythology[]

• Danu, ancient goddess of the earth

Etruscan mythology[]

• Cel, goddess of the earth

Finnish mythology[]

• Akka, goddess of the earth

Georgian mythology[]

• Mindort-batoni, god of the mountains

Germanic mythology[]

• Nerthus, earth goddess

Greek mythology[]

• Demeter, goddess of the harvest, sacred law, and the earth
• Gaia, titan goddess of the earth

Norse mythology[]

• Jörð, goddess of the earth
• Skaði, goddess of the mountains and winter
• Sif, goddess of the earth

Roman mythology[]

• Ceres, goddess of the harvest, motherhood, and the earth
• Terra, goddess of the earth

Slavic mythology[]

• Mat Zemlya, ancient goddess of the earth
• Mokosh, goddess of fertility, moisture, women, the earth, and death
• Veles, horned god of the underworld, water, the earth, wealth, and cattle

Asian mythology[]

Ainu mythology[]

• Cikap-kamuy, god of owls and the earth

Anatolian mythology[]

• Cybele, mother goddess of the earth

Chinese mythology[]

• Houtu, goddess of the earth
• Tudigong, local god of the earth

Gondi mythology[]

• Bhivsen or Bhimal, god of the earth
• Bhum, goddess of the earth and mother of humanity

Hittite mythology[]

• Sarruma, god of the mountains
• Ubelluris, mountain god who bears the world in his shoulders

Hindu mythology[]

• Bhumi, goddess of the earth
• Prithvi, goddess of the earth

Meitei mythology[]

• Leimarel Sidabi, goddess of the earth, creation, nature, and the household

Sumerian mythology[]

• Ki, goddess of the earth
• Ninhursag, mother goddess of the earth, fertility, mountains, and rulers

Thai mythology[]

• Phra Mae Thorani, goddess of the earth who stopped the demons from attacking the Buddha

Turkic mythology[]

• Etugen Eke, goddess of the earth

American mythology[]

Aztec mythology[]

• Tlaltecuhtli, the earth deity whose body created the world

Haudenosaunee mythology[]

• Hah-nu-nah, the turtle that bears the world.

Lakota mythology[]

• Maka-akaŋ, the earth goddess

Inca mythology[]

• Apu, a deity of the mountains
• Mama Pacha, the goddess of the earth

Oceanian mythology[]

Hawaiian mythology[]

• Papahānaumoku, goddess of the earth

Maori mythology[]

• Papa, goddess of the earth

See also[]

• Earth god, Earth goddess