mother goddess
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A vulture is used as the hieroglyph for mother, mut being the word for them both, and for the mother goddess of Thebes.
From Salon • May 11, 2025
Among the artifacts is a shell-studded statue of the mother goddess Ngonnso’, which holds great spiritual significance for the Nso’ people of northwest Cameroon, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation said.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 27, 2022
Its black-and-white patterned floor is in homage to the sidewalk in Ipanema, where she grew up, and the painting upstage center is of the mother goddess Iemanjá.
From New York Times • Aug. 26, 2021
Her version of Leah, Rachel and their sister-wives all secretly worship the mother goddess and find communal womb-centric power in the red tent, to which they retired during menses.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2014
He identifies them for me with a pointed finger: Lakshmi; Shakti, the mother goddess, in the form of Parvati; and Krishna, this time as a playful baby crawling on all fours.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
