earth-spirit

Muad'Dib is the name of the adapted kangaroo mouse of Arrakis, a creature associated in the Fremen earth-spirit mythology with a design visible on the planet's second moon.

Desert Chic?--or Death in the Dunes? Obama Walks a Fine Line. 2009

He posited an earth-spirit above the souls of individuals; the earth-spirit includes individual souls and is in turn included in and absorbed by the soul of the universe.

Dictionary of the History of Ideas JEAN WAHL 1968

The fountain is haunted, haunted by the beautiful earth-spirit that has been my guide, that I've dreamt of all my life without ever having seen him.

Austin and His Friends Frederic H. Balfour

Kuno at once knew him for an earth-spirit, one of those mysterious guardians of the treasures of the soil who are jealous of the incursion of mankind into their domain.

Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine Lewis Spence 1914

“In that case, ” said the earth-spirit, “we shall assist you in turn.

Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine Lewis Spence 1914

The knight of Sayn related his adventure with the earth-spirit, upon which the Lord of Falkenstein told him how a terrible thunderstorm mingled with unearthly noises had raged throughout the night.

Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine Lewis Spence 1914

One seeking to plunge the earth-spirit into the abysmal depths of eternal darkness; the other seeking to bear it to the apex of light, where reigns eternal day.

The world's great sermons, Volume 08 Talmage to Knox Little Grenville Kleiser 1910

He can reel off yards upon yards of narrative about adventures in mountain storms, exciting incidents in hunting, the people he has guided in the Yosemite Valley and upon the mountains, and all the strange things that could not but have happened to a merry earth-spirit, living alternately among the denizens of the wilderness and in the midst of a stream of people from all the four quarters of the globe.

Emerson's Wife and Other Western Stories Florence Finch Kelly 1898

While the earth-spirit in all its grandeur may appeal to the jaded and perplexed minds of to-day as a satisfying object of faith, the result will probably be but a modern form of the ancient Baal-worship.

Among Famous Books John Kelman 1896

Yet there are deeper secrets which the spirit of man may learn -- secrets that will still be told when the day of earth is over, when the sea has ceased from her swinging, and the earth-spirit has fled for ever.

Among Famous Books John Kelman 1896