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* ''[[Creator/MaryGrahamBonner The Magic Map]]'': She doesn't actually appear, but at the end of the book [[spoiler:Geography]] reveals that Mother Earth [[SadlyMythtaken and Father Atlas]] are the parents of the [[AnthropomorphicPersonification Map people]].

%%* Creator/ThorntonWBurgess: Old Mother Nature in Burgess; animal stories set in the Green Meadow, the Green Forest, the Laughing Brook, the Smiling Pool, etc. CatchPhrase: "You can't fool Mother Nature, and it's of no use to try."

* ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': This trope was [[Characters/MonsterVerseKaiju implied in canon]] in regards to Mothra, and in this fic it gets more explicit confirmation. [[Characters/AbraxasHrodvitnonTitansAndOtherCreatures Mothra]]'s POV describes her as being the mother to all life on Earth, with an otherworldly awareness of the processes of life, death and {{Reincarnation}}. She considers the Many as an UndeadAbomination of Ghidorah's making to be an utter blasphemy to nature which she will not tolerate absorbing her children into a FateWorseThanDeath.

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* ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'': Cetrion is al Elder Goddess who commands the four classical elements of nature. She has green hair resembling seaweed and wears a dress made of green teal and plant matter.
* ''VideoGame/{{Overlord}}'': The Mother Goddess is the deity of the Elves and a nature goddess of sorts as well as a standard Goddess of Good. Her priestesses gorge themselves to shape themselves in her image.

Of course, if you actually look at old cultures Mother Nature tends to occur mainly in fertile places, and infertile parts of the world often had male Earth deities. Egypt had Geb, for instance, and the Norse had Ymir and Frey.

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* In ''Videogame/GenshinImpact'', "Lesser Lord" Kusanali is the resident Nature Goddess (or in the words of the game, the Archon of Dendro) who rules over the nation of Sumeru.

%%* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'': Gaia, the spirit of the Earth.

%* ''Fanfic/EmpathTheLuckiestSmurf'': Mother Nature is basically the same as the cartoon show version, though her name is now invoked in prayers by the Smurfs for blessings and such. [[BuryYourGays Just don't ask her what she does about gay people.]] Her MirrorUniverse counterpart, though, is more of a sex goddess that its Smurfs honor with prayers for doing whatever it is they want to do, and with whomever they want.
%* ''Mythology 101 Cycle'': Terra, the Mother Goddess, who is the EthicalSlut version.

* ''Franchise/MarvelUniverse'': Gaea is a CompositeCharacter of every single nature goddess from multiple cultures, [[IHaveManyNames with many aliases]].

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* The "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Nature mother (earth) goddess]]" figures in many RealLife religions and mythologies, many of which are OlderThanDirt, are the TropeMaker.

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* Fauna Ceres of ''WebAnimation/{{Hololive}} EN's'' second generation, otherwise known as the Council, is classified as the "Keeper of Nature" [[note]]While she isn't ''literally'' a humanoid incarnation of nature itself like fellow Council memeber Baelz Hakos is with her assigned aspect of "chaos", the Council members are effectively still avatars of their respective aspects in one way or another.[[/note]]. She presides over all organic life aside from humanity, which had left nature behind [[{{Understatement}} a long-ass time ago]]... and she's not exactly a happy camper about it, having developed {{Yandere}} tendencies towards both humanity and the Guardian of Civilization, Mumei Nanashi, wanting her to quit said position and stay with her forever.

* The "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Nature mother (earth) goddess]]" figures in many RealLife religions and mythologies, many of which are OlderThanDirt, are the TropeMaker. Notable examples include:

The arch-NatureSpirit of Earth... or whatever planet is the story's setting. May or may not [[AnthropomorphicPersonification have a humanoid form]] (substitute "humanoid" with whatever species equivalent in non-terrestrial settings), but if it is, it's AlwaysFemale due to MotherNatureFatherScience. Tends to dress in a GardenGarment and leave a trail of flowers where their FertileFeet tread, specially if NatureEqualsPlants is in effect

The arch-NatureSpirit of Earth... or whatever planet is the story's setting. May or may not [[AnthropomorphicPersonification have a humanoid form]] (substitute "humanoid" with whatever species equivalent in non-terrestrial settings), but if it is, it's AlwaysFemale due to MotherNatureFatherScience. Tends to dress in a GardenGarment and leave a trail of flowers where their FertileFeet tread.

* ''VideoGame/AVeryLongRopeToTheTopOfTheSky'': The Lydian religion has {{God}} with ''two'' children; one of them, "The Mother", gave birth to the world, while the other, "The Eater", was a lazy hedonist who only devoured his sister's creations.

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* Gaea from Creator/MarvelComics is a CompositeCharacter of every single nature goddess from multiple cultures, [[IHaveManyNames with many aliases]].
* ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}} has met her. She's a jerk.
* In ''ComicBook/ShamansTears'', Joshua Brand is empowered by Wakan Takan; the "Great Spirit" of the Sioux. It usually manifests as sexy Native American woman.

* ''ComicBook/TheHeap'': A later {{retcon}} of the Heap's origin is that as he was lying in the swamp, mortally wounded but refusing to die, the goddess Ceres came to his aid, and decided to save him from death, to transform the Baron into her champion against evil. Later retellings changed Ceres into the more generic Mother Nature.
* GenderFlipped in ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'' where a mutant named Father Earth (who appears to be equal parts plant and human) leads an attack against Mega-City One to enact GaiasVengeance upon it. [[spoiler:He ends up hypnotized and eaten by a giant carnivorous plant]].

* MassivelyMultiplayerCrossover fic ''Fanfic/BloodAndRevolution'' has a genderflpped version: the "earthkami" - AnthropomorphicPersonification of the Earth itself - is [[spoiler: Darien Shields (Prince Endymion) from Sailor Moon]]. He's explicitly refered to as the Egyptian Geb as well, and implied to be all earth gods/goddesses from human mythologies.
* Terra, the Mother Goddess of the ''Mythology 101 Cycle'', who is the EthicalSlut version.
* Mother Nature in ''Fanfic/EmpathTheLuckiestSmurf'' is basically the same as the cartoon show version, though her name is now invoked in prayers by the Smurfs for blessings and such. [[BuryYourGays Just don't ask her what she does about gay people.]]
** Her MirrorUniverse counterpart, though, is more of a sex goddess that its Smurfs honor with prayers for doing whatever it is they want to do, and with whomever they want.
* ''Fanfic/{{Pony POV|Series}}'':
** Mother Deer is an example of this.
** Though the title actually belongs to [[spoiler: Princess Gaia, Fluttershy's future alicorn self. Mother Deer has been keeping stewardship of one of her duties till Gaia is around to cover it.]]
* Empress Natellusia or Lusie in the ''Return of the Guardians'' trilogy. She [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld looks like]] an AmbiguouslyBrown little girl with an UnlimitedWardrobe of [[LightIsGood immaculate white clothes]], and her only power is to communicate with all forms of life, but since the Earth ''wants'' to do Lusie's bidding, the kid commands plant life, animals, weather and Ether, the sparkly building blocks of creation. [[spoiler:Like Mother Nature in Joyce's original books, she is also Pitch Black's long-lost daughter.]]
* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUbxUVR_UXI Waiting for Rain - Kida & Pocahontas]]'' is a {{fanvid}} where Kida is a PhysicalGod and the embodiment of nature. Pocahontas meets her and [[MayflyDecemberFriendship befriends her]], but Kida ends up kidnapped by colonizers.

* Mother Nature (voiced by Phyllis Diller) appears in the {{Creator/Filmation}} ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'' sequel ''WesternAnimation/HappilyEverAfter''.
* Mother Nature is a character in the ChristmasSpecial ''WesternAnimation/TheYearWithoutASantaClaus''. she's the mother of the Miser Brothers ([[AnIcePerson Snow Miser]] and [[PlayingWithFire Heat Miser]]), the two beings who control the Earth's temperatures and weather. While she's hoisted as TheDreaded, she's revealed to be a pleasant, grandmotherly ReasonableAuthorityFigure...though the fact that she can scare both of her sons into listening to her probably makes her reputation somewhat warranted.

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* Mother Nature presides over the wedding in ''Film/TheSantaClause 2''.
* From the 2009 film ''Film/{{Avatar}}'', we have Eywa, Pandora's equivalent of Mother Nature.
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* Yavanna in ''Literature/TheSilmarillion''.
* In Creator/SimonRGreen's novel ''Drinking Midnight Wine'' the character of [[spoiler:Gale, AKA Gaia, turns out to be the]] AnthropomorphicPersonification of nature and earth.
* The various Ladies from the ''Literature/RepairmanJack'' novels.
* Old Mother Nature in Thornton W. Burgess's animal stories set in the Green Meadow, the Green Forest, the Laughing Brook, the Smiling Pool, etc. CatchPhrase: "You can't fool Mother Nature, and it's of no use to try."
* In ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'', there are two which fulfill this: Queen Mother Summer and Queen Mother Winter. They are the oldest and strongest fairies of their courts. Each has ultimate domain over her domain but generally remain neutral to any scuffle their daughters Queen Titania of Summer and Queen Mab of Winter or the lower fae start.
* Gaia in Creator/{{Piers Anthony}}'s Incarnations of Immortality series.
* The Goddess in Literature/DoraWilkSeries is apparently connected to Earth and is worshiped as the supreme deity of magicals (even though they have many, many, ''many'' lesser gods). It's apparently a counterbalance of heaven and hell's more mystical {{God}}, although the two seem to be on good terms.
* The Sleeping Goddess Burn from the ''Literature/MalazanBookOfTheFallen'' is very literally the world the characters walk on and apropriately enough referred to as the 'Mother Goddess'.
* In ''Literature/TheTraitorSonCycle'', the Wild creatures and the Outwallers, as well as some of the hillmen, worship goddess Tara, who's the personification of nature and the Wild. [[spoiler:In truth, Tar is a dragoness, who, while gifted with some GreenThumb powers, isn't really Mother Earth.]]

* Dogs and wolves in ''Literature/{{Survivor|Dogs}}s'' believe in the Earth-Dog. She is a giant black-furred and mastiff-like dog that lives in the earth. She is treated much like Mother Nature, but there are also other Spirit Dogs that rule over things like the ocean. The Earth-Dog causes earthquakes and [[TheGrimReaper claims bodies after death]]. Dogs often bury their prey as offerings to her.

* ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'' had one episode featuring a male version known as [[SdrawkcabName Erutan]].
* There was a show on Creator/AnimalPlanet in the 1990s called ''Mother Nature'' where Mother Nature would narrate the footage of wild animals while a young boy would ask her questions.

The "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Nature mother (earth) goddess]]" figures in many RealLife religions and mythologies, many of which are OlderThanDirt, are the TropeMaker. Notable examples include:
* Gaia, the mother of the [[OurTitansAreDifferent Titans]] and Greek gods. Decidedly more of the [[GaiasVengeance vengeful]] persuasion, though usually it's because some god or titan gave her cause first.
* The ''Literature/PoeticEdda'' has Gerðr, a giantess courted by Frey with the aid of Skirnir. The story is part of a fertility ritual in which Gerðr represents Earth, Frey fertility, and Skirnir sunlight.
* Atabey in Myth/TainoMythology is the goddess of fresh water and fertility, who also represents the spirit of earth.
* [[GenderInvertedTrope Gender flipped]] in Myth/EgyptianMythology with Geb the Earth Father and Nut the Sky Mother.

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* Sakiko on ''Roleplay/HonorableHogwarts''. InvokedTrope.
* Chauntea in the ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'' setting of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''
* Rafael[[note]]Not a typo[[/note]] in ''TabletopGame/AnimaBeyondFantasy''.
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* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'''s Planet, and its supposed AnthropomorphicPersonification, Minerva, from the Compilation sub-franchise.
* In ''VideoGame/PajamaSam'', Mother Nature is the president of World Wide Weather.
* Animebona is the spirit of the eponymous planet in ''VideoGame/{{Albion}}'', and the entity representing magic in Dji-Kantos philosophy.
* ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'' introduces Viridi, who fills this role. However, she loathes [[FantasticRacism Mankind]], and due to [[spoiler: the results of [[BigBad Hades']] EvilPlan the chapter prior to her debut]], [[KillAllHumans she decides they don't deserve to live anymore]].

* The Earthmother of the ''VideoGame/DesktopDungeons'' pantheon.
* VideoGame/FlightRising has the Gladekeeper, deity of the Nature flight.
* The Mother Goddess of the ''Videogame/{{Overlord}}'' games is the deity of the Elves and is a nature goddess of sorts as well as a standard Goddess of Good. Her priestesses gorge themselves to shape themselves in her image.
* ''Auriga'' is the narrator and planetary setting of ''Videogame/EndlessLegend''. She simultaneously sees hope and despair in the life and civilizations dwelling on her, because she knows she is slowly dying, turning into an icy wasteland.

* ''VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn'': Invoked by the head of the Zero Dawn project, Elizabet Sobek. In order to save the world from a RobotUprising [[spoiler:or rather, re-create the biosphere from scratch after the unstoppable Faro Plague finished consuming everything bigger than a bacteria]], she built GAIA, an [[BenevolentAI artificial intelligence]] with a [[AllLovingHero love for living things]] and the infrastructure needed to manage the ecosystem on a global scale. She even designed GAIA's holographic avatar to fit this trope, presenting as an African woman in a toga.

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* ''Webcomic/SlightlyDamned'' has Mother Gaia as basically their religion's equivalent of God.
* ''Webcomic/{{Deities}}'' has Mother Nature as one of the main characters

* The Wiki/SCPFoundation:
** They have contained [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1547 SCP-1547-A and -B,]] whose mother is a villainous example that considers complex thought to be a bad thing.
** [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-4043 Another, SCP-4043]] is a hive mind of all life on the planet who can influence said life to help it prosper. She was, anyway, until the mass extinctions caused by human activities killed her, exacerbating said extinction. [[spoiler: The Foundation tried to revive her artificially, only to end up with essentially the embodiment of NatureIsNotNice which was specifically hostile to humans. They killed this and transformed a member of the Foundation into a third version.]]

* Gaia, the spirit of the Earth, from ''WesternAnimation/{{Captain Planet|and the Planeteers}}''.
* A matronly Mother Nature is a {{recurring character}} on ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs''.
* It was Mother Nature who gave WesternAnimation/{{SuperTed}} his powers.
* Every year in ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'', the fairies and anti-fairies have a baking contest judged by Mother Nature. The point of the contest is to decide whether the fairies or the anti-fairies can have godchildren (the fairies win every year).

* The Wiki/SCPFoundation has contained [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1547 SCP-1547-A and -B,]] whose mother is a villainous example that considers complex thought to be a bad thing.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}'' has Te [=FiTi=], the Goddess of Life who created every island on Earth. She is presented as a giant woman with green flora covering her body. When she goes to sleep she becomes the Mother Island.