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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">earth mothers</topic></authority><related type="other"><topic>creator gods</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>mother goddesses</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>goddesses</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>earth mother</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>mothers, earth</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ In ancient and modern nonliterate religions, dieties who are eternally fruitful sources of everything. The most archaic form of the earth mother transcends all specificity and sexuality. In later agricultural traditions, she is simply the earth and its fertility. ]]></note></mads>