The Great Mother refers to the concept of the mother goddess, including:
- 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
- The Great Mother, epithet of Babalon, a goddess in Aleister Crowley's mystical system of Thelema
- Great Mother, archetypal image in Jungian psychology
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
Famous quotes containing the word mother:
“All my life Ive felt like somebodys wife, or somebodys mother or somebodys daughter. Even all the time we were together, I never knew who I was. And thats why I had to go away. And in California, I think I found myself.”
—Robert Benton (b. 1932)