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An Earth deity is a god or goddess in mythology associated with 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 and goddesses 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 ("Enlil City") as the god of the earth
 * Medr/Meder, Ethiopian, Aksumite, Earth god
 * Enten, Sumerian fertility deity identified with the abundance of the earth
 * Enlil (𒀭𒂗𒆤), ancient Mesopotamian god associated with wind, air, earth, and storms
 * Enki (𒂗𒆠), 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


 * Manipuri mythology- Leimarel Sidabi
 * Greek Gaia, Cybele, Demeter, Persephone, Rhea
 * Roman Tellus, Terra, Ceres, Ops, Proserpina
 * Slavic Mat Zemlya
 * Andean (Inca) Pachamama
 * Hindu Prithvi
 * Native American Spider Grandmother
 * Chinese Houtu (Di Mu)
 * Mongolian Umay (Eje)
 * Norse Sif