Prithvi
Prithvi is the earth goddess. She is the consort of Dyaus, and together they are the archetypal parents in the Rigveda.
↻ synthesized from 8 sources
When
- First attested
- 1500 BCE
- Attested period
- -1500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Appears in the Rigveda.
Relationships
- consort of
- Dyaus
- co occurs with
- Sūrya, Yama, Varuna, Kubera, Brahma, Vayu, Enma-O, Ishana, Chandra, Indra, Nirṛti, Soma, Vishnu, Deva, devi, Saraswati, Rudra, Aditi, Savitr, Prajapati, Ratri, Raka, Vāc, Aranyani, Dinsana, Puramdhi, Parendi, Bharati, Mahi, Sri, Agni, Demeter, Storm-God, Žemyna, Tellus, *Dyḗus ph2tḗr, Dagan-zipas, Mat' Syra Zemlya, Erce, Dhé, Earth-goddess, Hera, Hathor, Zas, Chthonie, Phosop, Vasudhara, Hiranyaksha, Sita, Satyabhama, Narakasura, Andal, Kamadhenu, Ashura, Uṣas, Bat, Zeus, Io
- syncretized with
- Gaia, Bhumi, Vasundharā
- has aspect
- Bhumi
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“His consort is Prithvi, the earth goddess, and together they are the archetypal parents in the Rigveda.”
#2810 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“He joins these other eleven Devas of Buddhism, found in Japan and other parts of southeast Asia: Indra (Taishaku-ten), Agni (Ka-ten), Yama (Emma-ten), Nirrti (Rasetsu-ten), Vayu (Fu-ten), Ishana (Ishana-ten), Kubera (Tamon-ten), Varuna (Sui-ten) Brahma (Bon-ten), Prithvi (Chi-ten), Surya (Nit-ten), Chandra (Gat-ten).”
#14010 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The Vedas describes a number of significant Devis such as Ushas (dawn), Prithvi (earth), Aditi (cosmic moral order), Saraswati (river, knowledge), Vāc (sound), Nirṛti (destruction), Ratri (night), Aranyani (forest), and bounty goddesses such as Dinsana, Raka, Puramdhi, Parendi, Bharati, Mahi, among others, mentioned in the Rigveda.”
#22171 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“To the Vedic goddess of the earth Prithvi is often attached the epithet Mata ('mother') in the Rigveda... In an Atharva Veda hymn (12.1) (Pṛthvī Sūkta, or Bhūmī Sūkta), the celebrant invokes Prithvi as his Mother”
#26787 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“In the Vedic tradition the earth-goddess Prithvi is the consort of the sky-god Dyaus and she is associated with the cow. Prithvi may be identified with the Greek goddess Gaia.”
#28549 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5