English Explanatory Dictionary

earth-diver

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

earth-diver earth-divers earth diver
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