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[dianavilliers]

Because all knowledge is contained within LiveJournal, with possibly a bit in Dreamwidth too...

Many, many cultures and belief systems associate the Earth with a female spirituality, usually a mother goddess or similar. Can anyone think of any that associate the Earth with a male principle?

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[branchandroot]

Egyptian, Heliopolitan. Geb the earth and Nut the sky, male and female respectively.

[dianavilliers]

Ah, thank you! That's exactly what I'm looking for, the reversal of the familiar case. I would have been very surprised to find that there wasn't at least one instance, with the range of human experience and creativity being what it is.