| 单词 | great mother |
| 释义 | > as lemmasGreat Mother Great Mother n. [after classical Latin magna māter, māter magna magna mater n.] the mother goddess or fertility deity of a particular culture; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > goddess > mother-goddess goddess-mother1558 mother goddess1558 magna mater1710 Great Mother1735 mother goddess1853 1553 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Eneados vii. f. cxlxvi Erth the grete moder, and first god of all. 1600 C. Middleton Legend Duke of Glocester sig. C3v Nature the great mother of vs all, Who in abortiue birth brought foorth our age. 1646 R. Crashaw Steps to Temple 42 Thou and the lovely hopes that smile in thee Are ta'ne out, and transcrib'd by thy Great Mother. 1735 A. Pope Dunciad (new ed.) i. 33 The Great Mother. [Note] Magna mater, here apply'd to Dulness. 1816 G. S. Faber Origin Pagan Idolatry II. iv. iv. 310 The Egyptian triad, composed of Isis the great mother, Osiris the father, and Horus the sun. 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems xxxv. 18 The Great Mother he surely sings divinely. 1919 J. Buchan Mr. Standfast xxi. 356 There was a strange cult in the ancient world, the worship of Magna Mater—the Great Mother. 1969 J. Johns King of Witches (1971) 147 Listen to the words of the great mother who was of old also called among men Artemis, Diana, Aphrodite, Arianrod and by many other names. 1993 T. Moorey Witchcraft (1996) 11 There is strong evidence that worship of a Great Mother predated worship of a God by thousands of years. < as lemmas |
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