Great Goddess

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rdf:langString Great Goddess is the concept of an almighty goddess or mother goddess, or a matriarchal religion. Apart from various specific figures called this from various cultures, the Great Goddess hypothesis, is a postulated fertility goddess supposed to have been worshipped in the Neolithic era across most of Eurasia at least. Scholarly belief in this hypothesis has reduced in recent decades. Specific examples include: * Great Goddess, referring to the Greek and Roman goddess Cybele; also associated with Rhea (mother of the gods) and Gaia (mother of the Titans) * Great Goddess, anglicized form of the Roman Magna Dea * Great Goddess, anglicized form of the Sanskrit Mahadevi, the Shakti sum of all goddesses * Magu (deity), a deity in Chinese and Korean myth * Great Goddess of Teotihuacan, an ancient Mesoamerican deity * Great Goddess, also known as the Triple Goddess, an important feminine deity of the Neopagan religion of Wicca