Earth Mother

Estonian earth-mother. English 'Earth Mother' leads; native Maa-emä in term (Latin script). The earth-mother and reverence for the earth (maa-ema kummardamine) are genuinely folk-rooted in agrarian custom, complementing the sky-father Uku.

Domains

• earth and fertility

Powers

• grant fertility to land and living things

Relations

• equated with: Earth-Mother of the Mari

Sources

• Estonian mythology, Wikipedia