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Magna Mater   /mˈægnə mˈɑtər/   Listen
Magna Mater

noun
1.
Great nature goddess of ancient Phrygia in Asia Minor; counterpart of Greek Rhea and Roman Ops.  Synonyms: Cybele, Dindymene, Great Mother, Mater Turrita.





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"Magna mater" Quotes from Famous Books



... blindness? I can imagine but one way of making it seem possible, namely, that this round square or rectilineal curve—this honest Jesuit, I mean—had confined his conception of idolatry to the worship of false gods;—whereas his saints are genuine godlings, and his 'Magna Mater' a goddess in her own right;—and that thus he overlooked the meaning ...
— Coleridge's Literary Remains, Volume 4. • Samuel Taylor Coleridge


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