Great Mother

Cybele was a Great Mother

The Great Mother is the mother goddess, and includes:

• Great Mother, in the Mahayana and Vajrayana refers to Prajnaparamita, and the wisdom of the Madhyamaka
• Great Mother, translation of Latin Magna Mater, Roman title of the goddess Cybele
• Great Mother, a title of the Roman goddess Maia
• Great Mother of Wisdom, Yum Chenmo, a Tibetan deity of whom Machig Labdrön is considered an emanation
• Great Mother, archetypal image in Jungian psychology
• Đạo Mẫu in Cao Dai

It may also refer to:

• The Great Mother, a book by Erich Neumann
• Great Mother (Dungeons & Dragons), a deity character in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game
• Great Mother, a term used by British authorities to refer to Queen Victoria during interactions with First Nations peoples

See also

• Divine Mother, a term used to refer to a goddess who represents motherhood, fertility, creation, or who embodies the bounty of the Earth
• Goddess, a female deity
• Great Goddess, a female deity
• Heavenly Mother, the wife or feminine counterpart of the Sky father or God the Father. Teachings about the Heavenly Mother are promulgated by various religious groups, to one degree or another
• Magna Mater (disambiguation)
• Great Goddess (disambiguation)