Prithivi mata
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In Hinduism, Prithivi Mata (also Prithvi, Prthvi, (pṛthvī)('Mother Earth') is a goddess representing the essence of the element earth.
According to one tradition, she is the personification of the Earth, and to another its Mother, being prithivi tattwa, the essence of the element earth.
She is the wife of Dyaus Pita ('father Dyaus'). (The widespread belief that these two were originally a single deity appears to be mistaken. See Dyavaprthivi). She is the mother of Indra and Agni. According to a tradition, when Indra killed Dyaus Pita, she applauded and married him. She is associated with the cow.
In art she is represented as a woman with four arms and a green skin.
Other name: Bhoomi Devi
