Earth god
An Earth god is a deification of the Earth.
In Greek mythology, the Earth is personified as Gaia, corresponding to Roman Terra. Egyptian mythology has a sky goddess, Nut and an Earth god, Geb.
Other Earth gods include:
- Volos, Slavic god of earth, waters, and the underworld.
- Tudigong, in Chinese folk religion, "God of the Soil and the Ground"
- Troglav, deity in Slavic mythology whose three heads were believed to represent sky, earth and the underworld.
- Tezcatlipoca, Aztec deity associated with the earth, the night sky, the night winds, hurricanes, the north, obsidian, enmity, discord, rulership, divination, temptation, jaguars, sorcery, beauty, war and strife.
- Trengtrengfilu, Mapuche god of Earth and Fertility
- Šumugan, in Sumerian mythology, god of the river plains, given charge by the god Enki over the flat alluvial lands of southern Mesopotamia
- Rūaumoko, in Māori mythology, god of earthquakes, volcanoes and seasons.
- Poseidon, one of the Twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religion and myth; god of the Sea and other waters; of earthquakes; and of horses
- Nuska vizier of the chief Sumerian god Enlil but later associated with Nippur as the god of the earth
- Medr/Meder, Ethiopian, Aksumite, Earth god
- Enten, Sumerian fertility deity identified with the abundance of the earth
- Enlil , ancient Mesopotamian god associated with wind, air, earth, and storms
- Enki , Sumerian god, literal translation "Lord of the Earth"
- Emesh, Sumerian god created at the wish of Enlil to take responsibility on earth for woods, fields, sheep folds, and stables
- Dharā Hindu Vasu god representing the earth and the element earth
- Bernardo Carpio, legendary figure in Philippine mythology, said to be the cause of earthquakes
- Amurru, Amorite deity, occasionally called "lord of the steppe" or "lord of the mountain"
- Alignak, in Inuit mythology, a lunar deity, but also god of earthquakes, as well as weather, water, tides, and eclipses
- Aganju, in Cuba, is a volcano deity for the practitioners of the Lucumi, Santeria religion