Mother Earth. The earth is conceived of as the mother of all things. (Cf. A431.1.)
Mythological motifs. · Gods. · Gods of the earth. · God of earth. · view the constellation · filed as A401
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 9references
The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.
- FinnishHolmberg Finno-Ugric 239
- SiberianHolmberg Siberian 459
- HinduKeith 230
- India*Thompson-Balys. – African: Werner African 125. – N. Am. Indian: *Thompson Tales 280 n. 37a, Alexander N. Am. 91f., 289 n. 34.
- general **Dieterich Mutter Erde
- general A. Mayer Erdmutter und Hexe (München 1936)
- general *Lang Myth. 299ff.
- general Fb. "jord" II 44b IV 247a
- general Nöldeke "Mutter-Erde bei den Semiten" Archiv f. Religionswiss. VIII 161. – Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 194, 328