You can get married, and the goddess is rescued.
You have to get all 60 sprites and rescue the harvest goddess
You must rescue 60 Harvest Sprites.
See the related link as it goes straight to the page about where the sprites are.
There are not that many Harvest Sprites in any of the PSP Harvest Moon games. The only Harvest Moon games to have that many Harvest Sprites are for the DS.
i think that 1s called earth and you have 2 rescue 10 harvest sprites
There are 101 Sprites in all, but you only need to find 60 of to rescue the Harvest Goddess. You can go to the site "Ushi No Tane" see how to get all of them.
it depends on what harvest moon your talking about.
You have to rescue at least 60 Harvest Sprites and then she will reappear. After that you can speak with her by tossing an offering into the Goddess Pond. She likes Crops and Flowers.
If you are talking about rescuing her from the "other realm" that she was sent to by the Witch Princess, then all you have to do is rescue 60 of the 101 harvest sprites.
You can't. One of the requirements to get married is to rescue the Harvest Goddess. To do that you must find 60 Harvest Sprites. You have to complete every single marriage requirement. There is no way around it.
you befriend the ones you have
The Harvest Sprites will never work for you.