EARTH GODS
Sometimes the earth is represented by a male deity.Earth god usaully ay a slightly role from earth goddesses. Although they may be involved 8n the creation, they are more likely to be authoritarian than nurturing, mirroring on a cosmic scale the role of king emperor. They can also have a very strong sex drive, the Egyptian Earth god Geb, for example, had tobe prized apart from his sister, Nut, so that the earth and the sky could come into being.
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The earth god og ancient egypt was Geb, a son of Shu, the god of air, and Tefnut, the goddess of moisture. He was the twin of Nut, goddess of the sky.
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Im various native Amirican myths, the earth diver is a form of a turtle or other diving animal fetches mud from they ocean floor so the earth cam be made.
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The chinese earth god Tu Di Gong is still worshipped today at shrine in fields under tress,and besides wells. He said to protect worshippers gardens and farmland from harm
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Nagaitco is the creator of earth of the kato people of california.With his consort and his faithfull dog,he form parts of an ancestral trio of myths.
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That Earth Diver illustration is awesome.
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