The gifts of the earth were put only to nefarious uses. […] The sea, and all the rivers on earth, received their waters from it. […] He was, however, lord not only of all that descends to the bowels of the earth, but of all that proceeds from the earth; and in the latter aspect he was revered as Pluto, or the giver of wealth. […] Jupiter, to stop questions, replied that it was a fresh creation from the earth. […] Psyche, in vain endeavoring to follow, fell to the earth.

She taught Triptolemus how to grow corn, and sent him to teach the inhabitants of the earth. […] The goddess of the earth. […] He and his wife, by making a ship, survived the deluge which Jupiter sent on the earth, circa 1503 b.c. […] She was married to Jupiter, and became queen of all the gods and goddesses, and mistress of heaven and earth. […] A name of Diana, alluding to her triform divinity as goddess of heaven, earth, and hell.