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earth mother

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earth mother
n.
1. A goddess or female spirit representing the earth as the giver of life; a fertility goddess.
2. A woman combining maternal and sensual qualities.
earth mother
n
1. (Myth & Legend / European Myth & Legend) (in various mythologies)
a.  a female goddess considered as the source of fertility and life
b.  the earth personified
2. Informal a sensual or fecund woman
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Noun1.earth mother - the earth conceived of as the female principle of fertility
earth goddess, earth-goddess - a goddess of fertility and vegetation


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Cato says that the profits of agriculture are particularly pious or just (maximeque pius quaestus), and according to Varro the old Romans "called the same earth Mother and Ceres, and thought that they who cultivated it led a pious and useful life, and that they alone were left of the race of King Saturn.
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