The archetype for the characters that possess or have traits of a Mother Goddess. Variation of Goddess. Female Counterpart to Father God. Not be confused with Earth Mother or Mother Nature.
Also Called[]
- All-Mother
- Mother to the Gods
- The Divine Mother
Properties[]
As an archetype, the mother goddess, a goddess entity/figure who represents, or is the personification of, nature, motherhood, fertility, creation, destruction; or, who embodies the bounty of the Earth. Such figures are often times the literal mothers of the majority of younger generations of of gods and goddesses in the pantheon they are from.
Associated Powers[]
- Creator Deity Physiology
- Divinity/Greater Divinity/Supreme Divinity
- Femininity Deity Physiology
- Fertility Deity Physiology
- Life Deity Physiology
- New God/Old God-Patron God
- Prime Being
- Queen of Heaven
- Supreme Deity Physiology
- Transcendent Element Manipulation
- Transcendent Physiology
Variations[]
Relationships/Associations[]
- Creator Deity Physiology
- Father God Physiology (Male Counterpart)
- Nigh-Omnipotence
- Transcendent Physiology
Flaws/Weaknesses[]
- May be vulnerable to the effects of Divine Power Absorption, Divine Power Negation, Divine Energy Absorption, Divinity Nullification or Transcendent Negation.
- May be slain by users of Transcendent Weaponry, Divine Slayer or Omnislayer.
Example Characters[]
Also See: Mother Goddess
Anime/Manga
- Goddess of Dawn (Invaders of the Rokujouma)
- Mii (Jungle De Ikou)
- Tiamat (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Stacia (Sword Art Online)
Comics/Cartoons
- Perpetua (DC Comics)
- Gaea (Marvel Comics)
- Te Fiti (Moana)
Literature
- Joanna Beauchamp/Skadi, Goddess of Earth (Beauchamp Family Series)
- Shub Niggurath (Cthulhu Mythos)
- Queen Tara (Epic)
- Flower Child (Epic)
- Hera (Riordanverse)
- Gaia (Riordanverse)
- Rhea (Riordanverse)
Live Television/Movies
- The Goddess of Earth (Charmed)
- Goddess (Lucifer)
Folklore/Mythology
- Cybele (Anatolian Mythology)
- Ataegina (Basque Mythology)
- Asherah (Canaanite Mythology)
- Virgin Mary (Christianity)
- Isis (Egyptian Mythology)
- Mut (Egyptian Mythology)
- Nut (Egyptian Mythology)
- Barbelo (Gnosticism)
- Aphrodite/Venus (Greco-Roman Mythology); Modern worship only
- Ceto (Greco-Roman Mythology)
- Demeter/Ceres (Greco-Roman Mythology)
- Echidna (Greco-Roman Mythology) in some variations
- Hera/Juno (Greco-Roman Mythology)
- Gaia/Terra (Greco-Roman Mythology)
- Nyx/Nox (Greco-Roman Mythology)
- Rhea/Ops (Greco-Roman Mythology)
- Parvati/Durga (Hindu Mythology)
- Tiamat/Nammu (Mesopotamian Mythology)
- Dhéģhōm (Proto-Indo-European Mythology)
- Izanami (Shinto Mythology)
- Mokosh (Slavic Mythology)
- Babalon (Thelema)
- Nuit (Thelema)
- Triple Goddess (Mother Aspect) (Wiccan Mythology)
Tabetop/Video Games
- Altana (Final Fantasy XI)
- Twin-Faced Goddess (Forgotten Realms); originally
- Cetrion (Mortal Kombat)
- Nyx (Persona series)
- Mem Aleph (Shin Megami Tensei series)
- B.B. (TYPE-MOON)
- Kiara Sessyoin (TYPE-MOON)
- Kingprotea (TYPE-MOON)
- Tiamat/Beast II (TYPEMOON)
- Gaia (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Isha (Warhammer 40K)
- Rhya (Warhammer Fantasy)