It is common for people to talk about the Earth, meaning the ecosystem we live in as well as the planet we are on, as our mother. The metaphors and symbols used include putting things into her, her being the creative resource for all life, things bursting forth from her womb, water being her blood, stone being her bones, needing to be kind and thankful to her for her bounty, momma getting angry and being punishing when we do wrong, on ad on and on. …
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