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‖ magna mater|ˈmægnə ˈmeɪtə(r), ˈmægnə ˈmɑːtə(r)|
[L., lit. great mother.]
A mother-goddess, a fertility deity; also transf.
1728[see great A. adj. 12 b]. 1845Encycl. Metrop. XVII. 481/2 Cybele, otherwise known as Ops, Rhea, Vesta,..Idæa Mater, Magna Mater, Mater Deorum, Bona Dea, and Tellus. 1896[see fieldstone]. 1919J. Buchan Mr. Standfast xxi. 356 There was a strange cult in the ancient world, the worship of Magna Mater—the Great Mother. 1962‘M. Innes’ Connoisseur's Case viii. 92 She was a kind of magna mater whose true sphere was a teeming nursery. 1974Times Lit. Suppl. 13 Sept. 977/3 In Frieda [von Richthofen]'s case this was a straightforward matter. Like other magnae matres of the time (Mr. Green discusses Alma Mahler, Isadora Duncan, Lou Andreas-Salome and Mabel Dodge Luhan), she sought to enhance life by erotic love. |