Great Mother
Topics referred to by the same term
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Great Mother may refer to:
Goddesses
- Mother goddesses of various traditions, representing motherhood, fertility, creation, or the bounty of the Earth:
- Nammu, Sumerian creation goddess.
- Cybele, Roman goddess with the title Magna Mater (Latin for "Great Mother")
- Đạo Mẫu, in Vietnamese tradition
- Maia (mythology), Roman goddess
- Prajñāpāramitā Devi in Mahayana Buddhism, known as the "mother of Buddhas" or "Great Mother" (Tibetan: Yun Chenmo)
- Great Mother, an archetypal image in Analytical psychology
Other uses
- The Great Mother, a book by psychologist Erich Neumann
- Great Mother (Dungeons & Dragons), a deity character in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game
- Great Father and Great Mother, titles used in North America during the 19th century in interactions with indigenous peoples to refer to various heads of state
See also
- Goddess, a female deity
- Great Goddess, the concept of an almighty goddess or mother goddess, or a matriarchal religion
- Magna Mater (disambiguation)
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