Earth Gods N-Z
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Nai No Kami
Japanese god of earthquakes.
Nana
African earth goddess. Mother of Omolu.
Nanna
Norse (Scandinavian) great goddess of earth. Mother goddess, symbolizes the moon and fertility.
Nepthys
Egyptian goddess of death and mystery. A guardian of the corpse of Osiris along with Isis. Invoke for element of earthk. Also called Nebt Het, Nebet Het, Nebthet, or Neb-hut.
Nerthus
Norse (Scandinavian) earth mother. She symbolizes peace, fertility, the sea, purity, magic, and white witchcraft.
Nikkal
Canaanite goddess of fruits and the earth.
Nokomis
Algonquin earth goddess, fed all living things.
Nzambi
African bisexual creator god. Associated with the sky and mother earth.
Odin
"Father of the Gods". Norse (Scandinavian) god of death, poetry, wisdom, magic and war. With his brothers, Ve and Vili; he created heaven, earth, and the twelve realms. They also created the first humans, Ask and Embla.
Thor can often be considered his enemy because they are such opposites. Odin was known to be treacherous and deceitful to man. He would turn on man with or without reason. Odin symbolizes creativity, divination, oracles, prophecy, luck.
I know that I hung there
on the windy tree
swung there nights, all of nine gashed with a blade
bloodied by Odin
myself an offering to myself
knotted to that tree
no man knows whither the root of it runs
None gave me bread
None gave me drink
down to the depths I peered
to snatch up runes
with a roaring screech
and fall in a dizzying faint
Wellspring I won
and wisdom too
and grew and joyed in my growth from a word to a word
I was led to a word
from a deed to another deed.
-Lay of the High One (old Norse verse). 138, 139, 141.
O-Kuni-Nushi
Japanese earth god, associated with sorcery, cunning, self-realization, and medicine.
Ops
Roman goddess of agriculture, harvest, fertility, abundance, childbirth, human growth, and prosperity. She is invoked by touching the earth. Wife of Saturn.
Pan
Greek god of fertility and the woodlands. He was later demonized by the Christian church. He emodies love, lust, fertility, and the element of earth.
Io Pan! Io Pan Pan! Pan Pan! Pan, I am a man: Do as thou wilt, as a great god can, O Pan! Io Pan! Io Pan! Io Pan Pan! I am awake in the grip of the snake.
-"Hymn to Pan", Aleister Crowley
Parvati
"Daughter of the Mountain", fertility, element of earth.
Pele
Hawaiian goddess of fire. She can destroy or create. Legend says that she occasionally visits the earth to amuse herself by meeting the people. Those who claim to have seen her say she is the most beautiful woman on earth. She causes volcanic erruptions, fires, and earthquakes.
Persephone
Goddess of the underworld and spring. Invoke for element of earth or love.
Phan Ku
Chinese creator god who formed the mountains, valleys, oceans, and rivers on the earth. When he died, his skull became the sky, his breath became the wind, his voice thunder, his earms and legs the four cardinal direction, his flesh the soil, and his blood the rivers. Then the fleas in his hair became human beings.
Poseidon
Greek god of earthquakes and the sea. Symbolizes the elements air and water, can be invoked for the moon.
Prithivi
Indian mother of all things, associated with patience, element of earth, fertility.
Rhea
Earth element, the moon, love, fertility.
Sarpanitum
Near Eastern (Babylonian-Assyrian) goddess of earth, the sweet waters, wisdom, and knowledge. Wife of Marduk, daughter of Ea.
Tammuz
Earth element, love, the moon, fertility.
Tekkeitsertok
The most powerful Eskimo earth god. God of deer and hunting. Invoke for hunting, element of earth.
Tsao-chün
"Lord Of The Hearth", fire element.
Tekkeitsertok
Most powerful Eskimo earth god whose favor was sought during the hunting season.
Tellus Mater
Ancient Roman earth goddess.
Trolls
Earth element.
Tsao-chün
"Lord Of The Hearth". The kitchen god, protector and watcher of the family. Symbolizes the element of fire.
Ukemachi
Japanese goddess who created the earth from her body.
Vesta
"The Shining One", Roman goddess of the household, the hearth, and domestic matters. She was served by the Vestal Virgins. To be a Vestal virgin was a high honor offered only to those of nobility. Vestal Virgins were imposed with a strict vow of chastity. Should they lose their virginity and break this vow, they would be walled up alive. Only 20 incidents of this punishment actually occuring within over a thousand years were recorded.
Wak
African (Ethiopian) god who dwelled in the clouds. He was supreme and a benefactor god. He kept the heavens at a distance from the earth and ornamented it with stars. When the earth was flat, Wak asked man to build himself a coffin. Man did so and Wak shut him up in it and buried it. For seven years he made fire rain down. This is how the mountains were formed. Wak then danced upon the place where the coffin was buried and man sprang forth, alive. He was sure he had slept for a brief moment only and was shocked to find it had been so long and earth had changed so much; this is why man is awake for most of the day. Eventually man grew tired of living alone. Knowing of man's loneliness, Wak took some of his blood and after four days, the blood turning into a woman whom the man married. Man and woman had 30 children, but man was so ashamed at having had so many that he hid fifteen of them away. Wak was angry at this, and as a result, the children man hid away were turned into animals and demons.
Yolkai Estan
"White Shell Woman". Navajo earth goddess of seasons and the land. Invoke for fertility and agriculture.
Zeus
Chief god of the Greek pantheon. He is the god of skies, lightening, thunder, and storms. He also takes on other forms:
Zeus Chronos: Fertility, earth
Zeus Sote: Father and savior of man
Zeus Xenios: Protector of politeness and hospitality
Zeus Herkios: Protector of house and home
Zeus Kleisos: Protector of property
Zeus Gamelios: God of marriage contracts. [Greek root "gam" means "marriage", as in "polygamy".]
Zurvan
Persian god of infinity. He symbolizes the four elements of water, earth, wind, and fire. He also has four faces. (Sex, birth, aging, death). He may be invoked for matters involving destiny.
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