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Tellus
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synonyms: Terra Mater ???
tags: [mythology]
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Definition:The earth goddess of ancient Roman religion
photo: By User:Bibi Saint-Pol, own work, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1804754
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Full thirty times hath Phoebus' cart gone round
Neptune's salt wash and Tellus' orbed ground,
And thirty dozen moons with borrowed sheen
About the world have times twelve thirties been,
William Shakespeare. Hamlet
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Listener: reclined semilaterally, left, left hand under head, right leg extended in a straight line and resting on left leg, flexed, in the attitude of Gea-Tellus, fulfilled, recumbent, big with seed.
James Joyce. Ulysses
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