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ID: 300412037
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300412037

 

Record Type: concept
mother goddesses (goddesses, deities, ... People (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Feminine deities and maternal symbols of creativity, birth, fertility, sexual union, nurturing, and the cycle of growth. The term may be applied to figures as diverse as the Stone Age so-called "Venuses" and the Catholic Virgin Mary.
 
Terms:
mother goddesses (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
mother goddess (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)
goddesses, mother (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
moedergodinnen (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
moedergodin (C,U,Dutch,AD,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  H.HG

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Agents Facet
Agents Facet
Hierarchy of People (hierarchy name)
.... People (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of people (agents)
........ people (agents) (G)
Hierarchy of <people by occupation>
............ <people by occupation> (G)
Hierarchy of <people in the humanities>
................ <people in the humanities> (G)
Hierarchy of <people in religion and related occupations>
.................... <people in religion and related occupations> (G)
Hierarchy of people in religion
........................ people in religion (G)
Hierarchy of deities
............................ deities (G)
Hierarchy of goddesses
................................ goddesses (G)
Hierarchy of mother goddesses
.................................... mother goddesses (G)

Additional Notes:
Dutch ..... Vrouwelijke godheden en moedersymbolen van creativiteit, geboorte, vruchtbaarheid, seksuele vereniging, voeding en de cyclus van groei. De term kan worden toegepast op zeer diverse figuren, van venusfiguren uit het stenen tijdperk tot de katholieke maagd Maria.  

Related concepts:
distinguished from ....  earth mothers (deities)
..................................  (goddesses, deities, ... People (hierarchy name)) [300412036]

Sources and Contributors:
goddesses, mother............  [VP]
................................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
moedergodin............  [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
moedergodinnen............  [RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred]
.............................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
mother goddess............  [VP]
.............................  Doniger, Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of World Religions (1999)
.............................  Melton and Baumann. Religions of the World (2010)
mother goddesses............  [VP Preferred]
.............................  Catholic Encyclopedia [online] (2003-)
.............................  Doniger, Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of World Religions (1999)
.............................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
 
Subject: .....  [RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
............  UvA Talen
............  Van Dale Online Woordenboek (2014-)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Catholic Encyclopedia [online] (2003-)
.......... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
.......... Melton and Baumann. Religions of the World (2010)
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)

 

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