Mother goddess
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A mother goddess is a goddess, often portrayed as the Earth Mother, who serves as a general fertility deity, the bountiful embodiment of the Earth. As such, not all goddesses should be viewed as manifestations of the mother goddess. Many figures from different times and places have been identified as representing a mother goddess, from the rock-cut images of Cybele to Dione ("the Goddess") who was invoked at Dodona along with Zeus, until late Classical times. One of the Homeric Hymns (7-6 century BC) is dedicated to Gaia "Hymn to Gaia, Mother of All". The Sumerians wrote many erotic poems about their mother goddess Ninhursag (Sex, Love & Eroticism in Mesopotamian Literature, G, Leick, Routledge, 2003).
