Earth & harvest
Figures of the earth and its yield: grain, growth, and fertility.
Verified modern retellings
These figures include at least one verified connection to a modern work.
88 figures
01Greek27
AchelousLord of Rivers · Silver-Swirling · Father of Rivers2 myths · 1 in media
AdonisThe Lord · The Beautiful Youth · The Beloved of Aphrodite6 myths · 19 in media
AetherPrimordial God of Light · Lord of the Upper Air · Mighty King1 myth
AlpheusThe River-God · Son of Oceanus · Father of Orsilochus2 myths · 1 in media
AphroditeOurania · Pandemos · Anadyomene11 myths · 51 in media
ArcasKing of Arcadia · Eponymous Hero of Arcadia · Ancestor of the Arcadians3 myths · 1 in media
AriadneThe Very Holy One · Ariadne-Aphrodite · Bride of Dionysus5 myths · 13 in media
AsopusThe River God · Father of Aegina · Father of Thebe2 myths
CronusWily Cronus · Crooked-Counselled Cronus · Great Cronus13 myths · 11 in media
DemeterThe Law-Giver · The Grain-Giver · The Green Shoot16 myths · 14 in media
DionysusThe Twice-Born · The Roaring God · God of Wine18 myths · 34 in media
ErosThe First-Born · The Winged God · The Liberator4 myths · 6 in media
GaiaBroad-Bosomed Earth · All-Nourishing Earth · Mother Of All17 myths · 52 in media
GiantsThe Earth-Born · The Serpent-Legged · The Phlegraean3 myths · 16 in media
Helen of TroyThe Divine Helen · White-Armed Helen · Helen Dendritis13 myths · 13 in media
HermaphroditusThe Androgynous One · The Double-Natured One · Son of Hermes and Aphrodite1 myth
HestiaKeeper Of The Hearth · First And Last · Hestia Of The Prytaneum2 myths · 8 in media
LetoThe Dark-Robed · Mother of Apollo · Mother of Artemis6 myths · 1 in media
PanAegipan · Nomios · Lyterios7 myths · 6 in media
PersephoneKore · Despoina · Chthonia8 myths · 45 in media
PleiadesThe Seven Sisters · Daughters of Atlas · Daughters of Pleione8 myths · 7 in media
PlutusGiver of Wealth · Bestower of Riches · God of Abundance1 myth · 1 in media
PoseidonThe Earth-Shaker · The Earth-Holder · The Dark-Haired18 myths · 72 in media
PriapusGod of Gardens · God of Fertility · Guardian of Gardens1 myth · 1 in media
RheaMother of the Gods · Great Mother · Queenly Rhea4 myths · 3 in media
TyphonThe Greatest · The Strongest · Father of Winds5 myths · 4 in media
ZephyrusThe West Wind · The Gentle Wind · The Harbinger of Spring2 myths · 3 in media
02Roman21
BacchusLiber Pater · Lenaeus · Eleutherius6 myths · 19 in media
CeresMother Ceres · The Grain-Giver · The Law-Bringer4 myths · 2 in media
ConsusGod of Counsel · God of Grain Storage · God of the Consualiareference
Dis PaterThe Rich Father · Lord of the Underworld · Ruler of the Dead2 myths · 1 in media
FaunusThe Prophetic One · Father of Latinus · King of the Aborigines1 myth
FloraMother Flora · Goddess of Flowers · Goddess of Spring1 myth · 1 in media
FuflunsGod Of Wine · God Of Vegetation · God Of Ecstasyreference · 5 in media
LiberLiber Pater · The Liberator · Bacchus6 myths · 7 in media
LiberaLibera Mater · Libera Augusta · Sancta Liberareference · 3 in media
LupercusWolf-Repeller · Protector of Flocks · God of the Lupercaliareference · 4 in media
MaiaGoddess of Growth · Mother of Mercury · Wife of Vulcanreference
MarsMars Pater · Mars Ultor · Mars Gradivus3 myths · 7 in media
NeptuneLord of the Sea · Earth-Shaker · Horse-Tamer5 myths · 30 in media
OpsOps Consiva · Ops Opifera · Ops Augustareference
ProserpinaQueen of the Underworld · Queen of the Dead · Goddess of Spring2 myths · 20 in media
SaturnFather Saturn · King of the Golden Age · Lord of Sowing3 myths · 2 in media
TerraTerra Mater · Tellus Mater · Alma Tellus2 myths · 1 in media
TiberinusFather Tiber · Tiberinus Pater · Thybris Pater1 myth
VenusVenus Genetrix · Venus Victrix · Venus Verticordia5 myths · 17 in media
VertumnusThe God of the Turning Year · The Lord of Gardens and Orchards · The Master of Many Forms1 myth · 1 in media
VestaVesta Mater · Vesta Publica · Vesta Sanctareference · 4 in media
03Egyptian10
AmunThe Hidden One · King of the Gods · Lord of the Thrones of the Two Lands4 myths · 14 in media
ApisThe Sacred Bull of Memphis · The Living Manifestation of Ptah · The Herald of Ptah1 myth · 1 in media
BastetLady of Bubastis · Lady of the East · Mistress of Perfumes1 myth · 6 in media
GebFather of the Gods · Great Cackler · Lord of the Earth5 myths · 2 in media
HathorMistress of the West · Lady of the Sycamore · Lady of the Sky6 myths · 5 in media
KhonsuKhonsu the Great · He Who Traverses the Sky · Lord of Thebes1 myth · 6 in media
OsirisLord of the Underworld · Lord of Eternity · Foremost of the Westerners11 myths · 48 in media
SerapisThe Great God · The Saviour · Lord of Allreference · 1 in media
ShuLord of the Air · Bearer of the Sky · Son of Atum2 myths
SobekLord of Shedyt · Lord of the Waters · Great of Terror2 myths · 6 in media
04Mesopotamian7
AnuFather of the Gods · King of the Gods · Lord of Heaven2 myths · 1 in media
EnlilThe Great Mountain · Lord of the Wind · King of All Lands4 myths · 5 in media
InannaQueen of Heaven · Queen of the Great Above · Lady of the Morning4 myths · 16 in media
IshtarQueen of Heaven · Lady of Battle · Lady of All Lands6 myths · 10 in media
NinhursagLady of the Mountain · Great Lady · Lady of Birth2 myths
NinurtaThe Mighty Hero · Champion of Enlil · Lord of the Plough4 myths · 1 in media
TammuzThe Good Shepherd · The Faithful Shepherd · Lord of the Sheepfold2 myths · 2 in media
05Mesoamerican5
CoatlicueSerpent Skirt · Mother of the Gods · Our Mother1 myth · 4 in media
KukulkanThe Feathered Serpent · The Plumed Serpent · The Serpent of Quetzal Feathers4 myths · 17 in media
QuetzalcoatlThe Feathered Serpent · Lord of the Wind · Lord of the Dawn9 myths · 6 in media
TlalocLord of Rain · Lord of Tlalocan · Tlaloc the Provider3 myths · 4 in media
Xipe TotecOur Lord the Flayed One · The Flayed God · Red Tezcatlipoca1 myth
06Norse4
07African3
AnansiCredited in some tellings as the maker of the sun, the moon and the stars, and so responsible for night and day; also said to have brought rain and taught people to sow grain. · Among the Abure people, remembered as the one who persuades the sky god to send rain and cool the earth. · Owner of every story in the world, after paying the sky god's price for them.5 myths · 22 in media
ObatalaFounder of Ife, the first city of the Yoruba · Creator of dry land, vegetation and the first humans · Protector of people born with disabilities3 myths · 1 in media
UnkulunkuluHe created humans, animals, and everything in the world. · He taught the Zulu people to hunt, make fire with sticks, and cultivate grain. · All cattle belonged to him, and cattle were his gift to humans.2 myths
