Tellus (Roman deity)

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Name (Hebrew)

טֶלוּס (אלה רומית)

Name (Latin)

Tellus (Roman deity)

Other forms of name

Terra Mater (Roman deity)

Terūsu (Roman deity)

Mother Earth (Roman deity)

Tayra (Roman deity)

Tellura (Roman deity)

Telo (Roman deity)

Telus (Roman deity)

Tera (Roman deity)

טֶלוּס (אלילה רומית)

טֶרה (אלה רומית)

Tellus (Roman deity)

Earth Mother (Roman deity)

Tellus Mater (Roman deity)

VIAF: 7835150033008811180002

Wikidata: Q270867

Library of congress: no2017086883

Sources of Information

ARA PACIS AUGUSTAE (Rome) : East facade, with reliefs of Tellus & Roma, 1987.
Brill's new Pauly online, 30 June 2017(Tellus; Roman goddess of the Earth; equivalent of Greek "Mother Earth" (Gaea); also identified with goddess Terra Mater)
Oxford classical dictionary, 1993:page 1480, under Tellus (Roman earth goddess, probably very old; "Terra" describes the element earth; "Tellus" is the name of its protecting deity; Terra mater is attested from 2nd century BC)
Wikipedia, 30 June 2017(Tellus; Tellus Mater; Terra Mater; Mother Earth; Roman goddess of the earth; Greek counterpart = Gaia; her name among the Etruscans was Cel; other forms of name: تيرا ; Тэлус ; Тера ; טרה ; テルース ; Telo ; Теллус ; Терра ; Теллура ; 特鲁斯)
Work cat.: Classics Digital Library Collection, 2001:(Tellus (Roman deity))
Oxford classical dict., 1970:("Tellus" the Roman earth-goddess)
Classical mythology, 1999:p. I-43 ("Tellus Mater" Earth Mother, Italian agricultural goddess linked with Ceres)

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