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Ibu Pertiwi (English: Mother Prithvi or Mother Earth) [1] is a national personification of Indonesia, the allegory of Tanah Air (Indonesian: land and water), the Indonesian motherland. Since prehistoric times, the tribes of the Indonesian archipelago often revered earth and nature spirits as a life giving mother, a female deity of nature.
Prithvi is the most frequent Vedic word for both the earth and the Earth-goddess; [4] [5] and the poetic formula kṣā́m ... pṛthivī́m ('broad earth'). [ 4 ] [ 6 ] The name Pṛthivī (Sanskrit: पृथि्वी) has its roots in Proto-Indo-European mythology, originating from the epithet Plt̥h₂éwih₂ , which means "the Broad One."
A registered charity, the BBC Wildlife Fund, was established to direct funds raised by the programmes to conservation charities in the field to help save the featured animals, and other species, from extinction. Saving Planet Earth enabled the Fund to raise £1 million on the night, a total which had almost doubled by the end of 2010. [1]
Pachamama is usually translated as "Mother Earth" but a more literal translation would be "Mother Universe" (in Aymara and Quechua mama = mother / pacha = world, space-time or the universe). [8] It was believed that Pachamama and her husband, Inti , were the most benevolent deities and were worshiped in parts of the Andean mountain ranges ...
"Mother Earth" (novella), a science fiction story by Isaac Asimov Mother Earth, a magazine founded by anarchist Emma Goldman; Mother Earth, a journal published by anarchists John G. Scott and Jo Ann Wheeler
Prince William gave an emotional speech at the 21st anniversary of Child Bereavement UK about the death of his mother, Princess Diana on Thursday. He delivered the moving speech in front of ...
Pachamama (pacha + mama) is usually translated as Mother Earth. A more literal translation would be "World Mother" (in the Aymara and Quechua languages). [7] The Inca goddess can be referred to in multiple ways; the primary way being Pachamama. Other names for her are: Mama Pacha, La Pachamama, and Mother Earth.
Hòutǔ (Chinese: 后土; lit. 'Queen of the Earth') or Hòutǔshén (后土神; 'Goddess Queen of the Earth'), also known as Hòutǔ Niángniáng (in Chinese either 厚土娘娘; 'Deep Earth Lady' or 后土娘娘; 'Earth Queen Lady'), otherwise called Dimǔ (地母; 'Mother Earth') or Dimǔ Niángniáng (地母娘娘; 'Lady Mother Earth'), is the deity of all land and earth in Chinese ...