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earth divinity

earth divinity noun: a god or goddess of the Earth, as opposed to the sky.

Noun

earth divinity (plural earth divinities)

  1. A god or goddess of the Earth, as opposed to the sky.
    • Anyhow we seem to perceive that from the early beginnings (in the Stone Age) of self-consciousness in Man there has been a gradual development - from crass superstition, senseless and accidental, to rudimentary observation, and so to belief in Magic; thence to Animism and personification of...1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 15
    • As such they were at first the natural places for rites intended to compel the earth; later they became definite sanctuaries of earth divinities.1922, Jane Ellen Harrison, Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, page 125

Forms of earth divinity

pluralearth divinities

Questions about earth divinity

What does earth divinity mean?
Earth divinity means a god or goddess of the Earth, as opposed to the sky.
What part of speech is earth divinity?
Earth divinity is a noun.
What is the plural of earth divinity?
The plural of earth divinity is earth divinities.

Words near earth divinity in the dictionary

  1. Earth current
  2. Earth currents
  3. Earth Day
  4. Earth days
  5. earth divinities
  6. earth divinity
  7. earth dog
  8. earth dogs
  9. earth floor
  10. earth floors
  11. Earth Guardian

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