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Definition of Mater turrita
1. Noun. Great nature goddess of ancient Phrygia in Asia Minor; counterpart of Greek Rhea and Roman Ops.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mater Turrita
Literary usage of Mater turrita
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Thus she became known as mater turrita and was represented as wearing a crown,
turreted like a wall. Rhea's supposed love for the Phrygian shepherd, Attis, ..."
2. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"Thus she became known as mater turrita, and was represented as wearing a crown,
turreted like a wall. Rhea's supposed love for the Phrygian shepherd, Attis, ..."
3. The Child and Childhood in Folk Thought: (The Child in Primative Culture) by Alexander Francis Chamberlain (1896)
"... a woman advanced in pregnancy or as a woman with many breasts; Rhea, or Cybele,
as the hill-enthroned protectress of cities, was styled mater turrita. ..."
4. Manual of Mythology: Greek and Roman, Norse, and Old German, Hindoo and by Alexander Stuart Murray (1875)
"In this latter capacity she wore a mural crown, and was styled mater turrita.
But though herself identified with peaceful civilization, her worship was ..."
5. The Winston Simplified Dictionary: Including All the Words in Common Use by William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer (1919)
"... and with the Roman goddess Ops. Also, mater turrita. isi-klo'pez). one-eyed
Sicilian 1 shepherd giants, who may also have worked at the forges of ..."
6. The Encyclopedia Americanaedited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1904)
"Thus she became known as mater turrita, and was represented as wearing a crown,
turreted like a wall. Rhea's supposed love for the Phrygian shepherd, Attis, ..."
7. An Archaic Dictionary: Biographical, Historical, and Mythological : from the by William Ricketts Cooper (1876)
"MATER-TURRITA. " Mother of Towers." An ancient title of the goddess Rhea-Kybele.
MATHAN. A king of Tyre; the son and successor of ..."
8. Manual of Mythology: For the Use of Schools, Art Students, and General by Alexander Stuart Murray (1873)
"In this capacity of a founder of cities she obtained the name of mater turrita.
She is figured wearing a crown of this sort in Plate IL The records we ..."
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