Dheu (Albanian indefinite form: Dhé), the Earth, is the object of a special cult, important oaths, and curse formulas in Albanian paganism.

The Earth Mother Goddess or Great Mother (Magna Mater) is simply referred to as Dhé or Dheu in Albanian, and traces of her worship have been preserved in Albanian tradition. The Albanian noun Toka "The Earth" is also used to refer to the living Earth.

Zonja e Dheut (also Gheg Albanian: Zôja e Dheut) is used in Albanian to refer to the Earth Goddess.

The Albanian theonyms Zonja e Dheut and Dheu are attested as early as 1635, in the Dictionarium latino-epiroticum [Latin-Albanian dictionary] by Frang Bardhi, as the Albanian rendering of the Roman Earth Goddess Tellus, Dea and Mater Magna, respectively.

The Albanian word for earth – dhé, in its Proto-Albanian form ðē(h), is considered to have been attested in antiquity: the Ancient Greek (Doric) word δῆ that appears in the expression "δῆ · γῆ και σιωπᾷ" ("earth and keeps silence"), which was recorded in the lexicon compiled by Hesychius of Alexandria (5th century AD), is considered to be an ancient loanword from Proto-Albanian. Some of the Proto-Albanian glosses in Hesychius could date back as early as the 7th century BCE.

Zonja e Dheut (also Gheg Albanian: Zôja e Dheut) literally translates as "the Goddess of the Earth".

In Albanian, capitalized Zonja or Zôja is used for "Goddess", "Lady", while uncapitalized zonja or zôja is used for "lady" or "mistress". It is similar to Zot "God", "Lord", zot "lord" (cf. the Albanian sky-god Zoj-z, and its possible epithet Zot "Sky Father" from Proto-Albanian *dźie̅u ̊ a(t)t-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *Dyḗus ph₂tḗr). The term is similarly used for Zôja Prende "Goddess/Lady Prende", also referred to as Zôja e Bukuris "Goddess/Lady of Beauty".

Albanian Dheu "The Earth" is the definite form of dhé "earth", ultimately stemming from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm "earth"; e Dheut is the Albanian definite genitive case of dhé.