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Great Goddess
Study Guide from Ms. Happ's Mythology Course
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Great Goddess is a trinity manifested in what ways? | 3 divisions of the year, 3 phases of the moon, 3 sections of the cosmos, 3 stages of life, 3 trimesters of pregnancy |
| The three forms of the Great Goddess are what? | Virgin- white, Mother-red, and Crone-black |
| What is the Great Mother archetype? | Primarily an earth mother, personification of earth itself |
| What ideas are the Great Mother associated with? | Nourishment and creation |
| The Earth Mother is a source of what? | Life |
| The Great Mother yin is... | The prima material, matrix of forms, the mystery of the unconscious world |
| The Great Mother yang is... | Primal energy that impregnates the matrix and allows forms to be realized, representative of consciousness and the ego's role in our psychic lives |
| What are the patterns in the stories of the Great Goddess? | Mourns loss of loved one, goes on a search, in bringing about a form of resurrection establishes new religious practices or mysteries for followers |
| Who are the Great Goddesses for the Greeks? | Demeter and Moirai |
| Who is the Great Goddess for the Irish? | The Morrigan |
| Who is the Great Goddess for the Buddhists? | Quan Yin |
| Who is the Great Goddess for the Mesopotamians? | Innana-Ishtar |
| Who is the modern Great Goddess? | Gaia- earth |