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Magna Mater

Magna Mater \Magna Mater\ prop. n. A great nature goddess of ancient Phrygia in Asia Minor; the counterpart of the Greek Rhea and the Roman Ops.

Syn: Cybele, Dindymene, Great Mother, Mater Turrita.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
magna mater

fertility goddess, 1728, Latin, literally "great mother." See magnate + mother (n.1).

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Magna Mater (disambiguation)

Magna Mater may refer to any of several goddesses:

  • Cybele
  • Maia
  • Isis
  • Rhea

Usage examples of "magna mater".

Since she was frequently identified with the Magna Mater, the Matris typus of the text probably refers to this image.

There are more than a million people living in Rome right now, not to mention the thousands more who've crowded in for the Games of the Magna Mater.

The great goddess of Phrygia, Cybele, first penetrated Italy with her spouse Attis under the name of Magna Mater daum Idaea.

A Mater Dolorosa, she had borne him, a Magna Mater, she now claimed him again, soul and body, sex, meaning, and all.

Perhaps we may either compare Saturn to this Magna Mater, or even set him before her in this kind of abominable cruelty, for he mutilated his father.