Mother
Mother denotes the life principle, generational blood, destiny, wisdom, material nurture, water, womb, night, and the heart’s receptive side.
Our paraphrase of what the sources say it carries.
At a glance
- Type
- Symbol
- Borne by
- 6 figures
- Traditions
- African folklore (general) (1)Cherokee tradition (1)Germanic folklore (1)Greek mythology (1) and 2 more
- Borne with
- woman (2 figures)
Figures that bear it
A model judged each figure against its own description, one term at a time. Is: the figure is, or is partly, this thing. Bears: it carries the thing or is marked by it. What a figure does is filed under motifs and powers. Open "why" for the sentence the judgement rests on.
- Ala is African folklore (general)
why
… earth goddess of Igbo tradition, mother of the living and keeper …
- Ma is Hittite mythology
why
The Great Mother of Cappadocia, probably the Hittite mother goddess, whose …
- Nephele is Greek mythology
why
… wife of King Athamas and mother of Phrixus and Helle, who …
- Nerthus is Germanic folklore
why
… cult: together they worship Nerthus — Mother Earth, as the historian glosses …
- Sedna is Inuit mythology
why
… the foundational sea goddess and mother of all sea creatures, ruling …
- Selu is Cherokee tradition
why
Selu is the Cherokee Corn Mother, wife of the hunter Kanati …