2007-04-04 08:42:41 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Earth is also known as Terra(Latin), and Gaia.
2007-04-04 08:53:11 · answer #1 · answered by xooxcable 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Earth is named Terra (Ge) Now in case you have self assurance in what the Greeks say, or do you have self assurance what the Romans say? Greeks believed that the planets etc have been of distinctive religions. The Romans like each and every thing else took it for there very own. yet another words the the two named them after gods. yet apparently the do no longer mean precisely a similar. Supposedly Terra (GE) married Coelum. The Greeks conceived of Olympus, their optimal mountain, on the barriers of Macedonia and Thessaly, becoming very nearly 10000 ft.They theory that replaced into living house of the greater beneficial gods. There Zeus, afterwords pointed out with Jupiter, had his palace, and presided over all gods. however those Gods of the international's break of day have fled from earth. Its an particularly thrilling yet deep subject, yet its previous me to describe each and every God and planet earlier interior the Golden age. perchance that's why maximum of human beings are disillusioned with the reclassification of Pluto. Oh Siu02uk please do. i'd desire to grant you greater information :)
2016-11-07 05:31:16 · answer #2 · answered by abigail 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, the Earth was a pre-Olympian goddess of ancient Greeks (known as Gaea). In that sense, our planet IS named after a mythical figure after all. Gaea was worshiped as the universal mother and there are still expressions that reflect this fact even in our days (mother earth etc). In modern Greece, planet Earth is still called Gaea (pronounced as Gee).
2007-04-04 13:38:02 · answer #3 · answered by stardom65 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
From the Old English "eorthe," meaning soil/dry land. I found this on www.etymonline.com
I guess the others were named after mythical figures, because at that time, this planet was not known to be one among the others.
2007-04-04 09:05:23 · answer #4 · answered by Bugmän 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well actualy it is it is some times known as Terra. Terra was a goddess personifying the Earth in Roman mythology
2007-04-04 14:28:07 · answer #5 · answered by Mr. Smith 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think that its called earth because thats what it was called in the Bible. and i think everyone back then was very religous. so they just said this place we live on is earth and they started nameing the rest of the planets after gods and so forth.
plus i believe earth means dirt or land or something like that.
2007-04-04 11:33:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Earth was the mythical Goddess of Coolness.....duh
2007-04-04 08:51:01 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Earth is called bhoomi,Bhoo devi...Bhoo maata ..Pruthvi//these are mythological names.
But in astrological charts we write ( horoscope ) as they are drawn as earth as center , we dont find it .
But Earth too has Mythological name Bhoo devi
2007-04-05 23:36:58 · answer #8 · answered by Radhakrishna( prrkrishna) 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The question is like asking why r u called by ur name
2007-04-05 23:08:02 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
because of greek god
2007-04-04 22:43:45 · answer #10 · answered by coolsid_61 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋