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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(religion) A personification of a maternal cow worshipped as a goddess..
A new generation has appeared, and the universal feminine is expressed not so much as Hathor, the cow-mother, but as Isis, the wife and consort.
Use cow-mother when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Cow-mother means (religion) A personification of a maternal cow worshipped as a goddess..
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A new generation has appeared, and the universal feminine is expressed not so much as Hathor, the cow-mother, but as Isis, the wife and consort.
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