See also:

• HERTHA, or NERTHUS

HERTHA, or NERTHUS  , in See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic See also:

• MYTHOLOGY

mythology, the goddess of fertility, "See also:

• MOTHER

Mother See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

Earth." See also:

• TACITUS, CORNELIUS (c. 55-120)
• TACITUS, MARCUS CLAUDIUS

Tacitus states that many Teutonic tribes worshipped her with orgies and mysterious See also:

• RITES

rites celebrated at See also:

• NIGHT

night . The See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief seat of her cult was an See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island which has not been identified . A single See also:

• PRIEST (Ger. Priester, Fr. pretre)

priest performed the service . Her veiled statue was moved from See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place to place by sacred cows on which none but the priest might See also:

• LAY

lay hands . At the conclusion of the rites the See also:

• IMAGE (Lat. imago, perhaps from the same root as imitari, copy, imitate)

image, its See also:

• VESTMENTS

vestments and its vehicle were bathed in a See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

lake .