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The Great Mother refers to the concept of the mother goddess
Mother goddess

A mother goddess is a term used to refer to any goddess associated with motherhood, fertility, creation or the bountiful embodiment of the Earth....
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The Great Mother refers to the concept of the mother goddess
Mother goddess

A mother goddess is a term used to refer to any goddess associated with motherhood, fertility, creation or the bountiful embodiment of the Earth....
, including:

  • Great Mother, anglicization of Latin Magna Mater, Roman title of the goddess Cybele
    Cybele

    Cybele , was the Phrygian deification of the Earth Mother. As with Greek Gaia , or her Minoan civilization equivalent Rhea , Cybele embodies the fertile Earth, a goddess of caverns and mountains, walls and fortresses, nature, wild animals ....
  • Great Mother of Wisdom, Yum Chenmo, a Tibetan deity of whom Machig Labdrön
    Machig Labdrön

    Machig Labdr?n was a renowned 11th century Tibetan Tantra Buddhist practitioner and teacher.Machig Lapdr?n was a great Tibetan yogini who originated several Tibetan lineages of the Indian tantric practice of Ch?d....
     is considered an emanation
  • The Great Mother, epithet of Babalon
    Babalon

    Babalon?also known as The Scarlet Woman, The Great Mother, or the Mother of Abominations?is a goddess found in the mystical system of Thelema, which was established in 1904 with Aleister Crowley's writing of The Book of the Law....
    , a goddess in Aleister Crowley's mystical system of Thelema


It can also refer to:

  • The Great Mother, a book by Erich Neumann (psychologist)
    Erich Neumann (psychologist)

    Erich Neumann was a psychologist, writer, and one of Carl Jung's most gifted students. He received his Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Berlin in 1927....


  • Great Mother (Dungeons & Dragons)
    Great Mother (Dungeons & Dragons)

    In many campaign settings for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, The Great Mother is the creator and primary racial deity of beholders, gibbering orbs, and the various races of beholder-kin....
    , a deity character in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game


See also

  • Category:Mother goddesses
    • Divine Mother
      Divine Mother

      Divine Mother may refer to*any mother goddess*a concept in Hinduism, see Mother Divine*Isis*the Blessed Virgin Mary in Roman Catholicism ...
    • Goddess
      Goddess

      A goddess is a female deity. Often deities are part of a polytheism system that includes several deities in a pantheon .Common associations of goddesses are the Earth goddess, the Mother Goddess, Love goddess, and the hearth goddess, reflecting historical gender roles....
    • Goddess worship
      Goddess worship

      Goddess worship may be*the cult of any goddess in polytheistic religions*worship of a Great Goddess on a henotheistic or monotheistic basis**Hindu Shaktism...
    • Great Goddess
      Great Goddess

      Great Goddess refers to the concept of an almighty goddess, or to the concept of a mother goddess, including:*Great Goddess, anglicized form of the Latin Magna Dea...
      , a disambiguation page
    • Heavenly Mother
      Heavenly Mother

      In some branches of the Latter Day Saint movement, Heavenly Mother or Mother in Heaven is the mother of human Spirit bodys and the wife of God the Father....
    • Mother Divine
      Mother Divine

      "Mother Divine" is a term used by followers of Hinduism to refer to the Mother of the Universe. She is also referred to as various manifestations of the Divine Feminine as Shakti , Parvati , Saraswati , Lakshmi , and Durga ....