Example Sentences
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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
At one in Bagha Jatin in south Kolkata, his mother Goddess looks more fierce than maternal.
From BBC
Separately, investigators said, a seizure warrant was issued on Tuesday for another Met item: a sixth-century stone sculpture depicting a Hindu mother goddess, or Matrika, acquired in 1993.
From New York Times
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
Wrote Diana: “Imagine never having to wear a brassiere, a garment designed to confine, control and hide the human breast! To live in a society in which the Great Mother Goddess Rhea was worshiped, in which women were revered rather than subjugated, abused and despised would be paradise.”
From Washington Post
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