earth-diver

English

Alternative forms

  • earth diver

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aɪvə(ɹ)

Noun

earth-diver (plural earth-divers)

  1. (mythology) A common character in various traditional creation myths who is sent by a supreme being into the primal waters to find substance (often sand or mud) with which to build habitable land.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.