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| - The Earth Mother is a being worshipped by Wildhammer dwarves, tauren and pandaren. The Earth Mother is the tauren ideal of all the spirits of nature. (HPG 92) She is the benevolent goddess of the tauren, who believe that the deity is responsible for all the natural beauty of the world. They see her smiling face in the sky, the stones, the sands, and the seas. (HPG 92) Tauren mythology describes her as the creator of the land, and the tauren. The sun (An'she) and moon (Mu'sha) are her eyes.[citation needed] She lives in the rivers, trees, plains and mountains of Azeroth. She is the embodiment of nature. All lesser nature spirits come from the Earth Mother, and return to her upon death. The Earth Mother represents all the animistic forces of nature. River-spirits, sea-spirits, tree-spirits, rock-spirits, and animal spirits all reflect one facet of the Earth Mother. (HPG 92) In a sense, tauren see the Earth Mother as a sort of universal consciousness. While individual spirits represent a particular location, animal or object, such as the spirit of a single tree or the spirit of a valley, the Earth Mother represents the land. She is everywhere life and nature is. The only spirits separate from the Earth Mother are the spirits of sentient creatures. Tauren ancestor spirits live in harmony with the Earth Mother, but are not part of her. (HPG 92) Tauren religion teaches to respect and love the Earth Mother by treating her body, the land, and her children, the plants and animals of the world, with respect. Tauren disrupt the natural balance of the land as little as possible. They take only what they need from the land and eschew mass logging and mining. They respect the animals they hunt and never wastefully discard animal carcasses. (HPG 92) The shaman and priests of the Wildhammer dwarves entertain the people on cold nights with myths of nature and the Earth Mother. (APG 144) Priests of the Earth Mother can gain access to the Animal, Elemental and Spiritual domains. (HPG 92) When Cairne Bloodhoof was cremated, his ashes were offered to the winds and the rivers to become one with the Earth Mother and the Sky Father.
- An earth goddess worshipped in Sentanos
* Her high priestess rules the city of Hida
* Probably Ernalda Source: Guide to Glorantha
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