Magna Mater
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Magna Mater
First recorded in 1700–10 ; from Latin magna māter “great mother,” title for several godesses, especially for Cybele
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Lombard imagines Claudia Quinta’s rescue of the ship carrying Magna Mater to Rome.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
It eventually became the Catskills Phrygianum of the Maetreum of Cybele Magna Mater, their global headquarters and convent house.
From New York Times ● Feb. 10, 2011
Mithra, growing power of, 386; the taurobolium a part of his worship, 556; alliance of, with Magna Mater and Attis, ib.,
From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Samuel Dill
The introduction of the taurobolium in the ritual of the Magna Mater, where it appeared after the middle of the first century, was probably connected with this transformation.
From The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism by Franz Cumont
The earliest invader from the East of the sober decorum of old Roman religion, and almost the last to succumb, was Magna Mater of Pessinus.
From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Samuel Dill
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