单词 | mother goddess |
释义 | mother goddessn.ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > goddess > mother-goddess goddess-mother1558 mother goddess1558 magna mater1710 Great Mother1735 mother goddess1853 1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos i. sig. Biv My mother goddesse taught my way, as destny dyd me gyde. 1625 T. May tr. J. Barclay in K. Long tr. J. Barclay Argenis i. xx. 58 Pallas, whose young and tender yeeres, No Mother-goddesse dandeled. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis viii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 458 Meantime the mother goddess, crowned with charms, Breaks through the clouds, and brings the fated arms. 1720 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad V. xviii. 43 The Mother Goddess from her crystal Throne Heard his [sc. Patroclus] loud Cries, and answer'd Groan for Groan. a1748 C. Pitt tr. Virgil Æneid viii, in J. Warton et al. tr. Virgil Wks. (1753) III. 406 My mother goddess and Apollo bore My course at length to this auspicious shore. a1846 J. H. Frere tr. Homer Iliad in Wks. (1872) II. 444 This, too, my mother goddess has declared. 2. Cultural Anthropology. A goddess who is the mother of gods in a particular mythology; a goddess endowed with the attributes of a mother; spec. a fertility goddess. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > goddess > mother-goddess goddess-mother1558 mother goddess1558 magna mater1710 Great Mother1735 mother goddess1853 1853 H. Abbott Catal. Coll. Egyptian Antiq. 57 Bronze Head-Dress in form of a Vulture. When worn by a goddess or a queen, it indicates that she is a mother goddess or mother queen. 1857 S. Birch Hist. Anc. Pottery (1858) I. 87 Mut, the mother goddess, the companion of Amen-Ra, wearing on her head the pschent or Egyptian crown. 1885 W. R. Smith Kinship & Marriage in Early Arabia vi. 179 At Petra the mother-goddess and her son were worshipped together. 1904 W. M. Ramsay Lett. to Seven Churches xix. 258 The tutelary deity of Smyrna was the Mother-goddess Cybele. 1937 Discovery Sept. 288/2 Pottery figurines were found of the Mother-Goddess, who was also worshipped at other centres of the Harappa culture. 1987 R. Eisler Chalice & Blade (1988) i. 6 The Paleolithic remains of female figurines..appear to be early manifestations of..a complex religion centering on the worship of a Mother Goddess as the source and regeneratrix of all forms of life. 2000 S. Broughton et al. World Music: Rough Guide II. i. 201/1 Dasain is a two-week festival in honour of the Mother Goddess in all her manifestations. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1558 |
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