It has been argued by mythologists and historians of religion that the first great deity to be revered by ancient peoples was likely equated with the planet beneath our feet. To the Greeks she was Gaea, without parents, forming directly out of Chaos. Although given various names by different people, she is the Mother-Goddess, a common denominator in traditions throughout time and around the world. Many Native Americans simply refer to her as Mother Earth. For every one of us, our mother is, without doubt, the person we most identify with out mortal existence. Our fathers are essential too, but it was our mothers who issued us into the world, nourished and sustained us onto our individual pathways of life. Inside our human mothers, each of us came into form, cell by cell, organ by organ, organized into breathing, thinking individuals capable of functioning by ourselves. Similarly, the atoms and molecules that make up our individual DNA and the material that flows through us as air, water and food, to keep us alive is the substance of Mother Earth. (via Ditto – A Mother’s Day Tribute to Mother Earth | The EcoSpheric Blog
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