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Great Mother

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Noun1.Great Mother - great nature goddess of ancient Phrygia in Asia MinorGreat Mother - great nature goddess of ancient Phrygia in Asia Minor; counterpart of Greek Rhea and Roman Ops
Cybele, Dindymene, Magna Mater, Mater Turrita
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All about the pit, and saved as by a miracle from ever- lasting destruction, stretched the great Mother of Cities.
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After I, Mopo, had stood before the king, and he had given me new wives and fat cattle and a kraal to dwell in, the bones of Unandi, the Great Mother Elephant, Mother of the Heavens, were gathered together from the ashes of my huts, and because all could not be found, some of the bones of my wives were collected also to make up the number.
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