Mother goddess
The earliest appearance of the "Mother Goddess" in South Asia is found in Mehrgarh in the form of female terracotta figurines dating to the 4th millennium BCE. These figurines are believed to represent the "Mother Goddess" and similar figures appear in Harappan civilization sites, including depictions of a woman with a plant emerging from her womb and a woman in a tree being worshipped. Due to their association with agriculture, the idea of the earth spirit of bhumi is still a common association with villages today just as it was in Harappan times.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- First attested
- 1000 BCE
- Attested period
- -1000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Earliest evidence from 4th millennium BCE Mehrgarh terracotta figurines; continued through Harappan civilization and into modern village worship.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Mother Nature, Durga, sapta matrika, Mariamman, Mata, Triple goddess of the Moon, Oak King, Holly King, Armenian pantheon, thunder god son, Pachamama, Atabey, Gaia, Goddess I, Mama Ocllo, Bhumi
- consort of
- Horned God, chief creator god
- manifested by
- nature deity
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Mother goddess”
#914 · extracted by claude-sonnet-4-6
“The Horned God represents the male part of the religion's duotheistic theological system, the consort of the female Triple goddess of the Moon or other Mother goddess.”
#13389 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“One common motif that spanned many or all pagan Armenian pantheons was the belief in a ruling triad of supreme gods, usually comprising a chief, creator god, his thunder god son, and a mother goddess.”
#26001 · extracted by deepseek/deepseek-chat