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Earth in culture : ウィキペディア英語版 | Earth in culture
The cultural perspective on the Earth, or world, varies by society and time period. Religious beliefs often include a creation belief as well as personification in the form of a deity. The exploration of the world has modified many of the perceptions of the planet, resulting in a viewpoint of a globally integrated ecosystem. Unlike the remainder of the planets in the Solar System, mankind didn't perceive the Earth as a planet until the sixteenth century. ==Etymology== Unlike the other planets in the Solar System, in English, Earth does not directly share a name with an ancient Roman deity. The name ''Earth'' derives from the eighth century Anglo-Saxon word ''erda'', which means ground or soil. It became ''eorthe'' later, and then ''erthe'' in Middle English. These words are all cognates of Jörð, the name of the giantess of Norse myth. Earth was first used as the name of the sphere of the Earth in the early fifteenth century. The planet's name in Latin, used academically and scientifically in the West during the Renaissance, is the same as that of Terra Mater, the Roman goddess, which translates to English as Mother Earth.
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