earth mother

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Leigh French, as the hippie earth mother in the segment “Share a Little Tea With Goldie,” always appeared to have been drinking something brewed through more than just tea leaves.

From Seattle Times

In Native Hawaiian lore, it is the first-born son of the sky father and earth mother.

From Washington Times

Ted Danson, her “Cheers” co-star, once called her “a biker chick crossed with an earth mother” and praised her lack of self-consciousness.

From Washington Post

But in that telepathic moment between the sisters, Serena was not tennis’s earth mother.

From New York Times

Haloa was the first child of the earth mother and father and was stillborn.

From Salon