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53 matches to Mother Goose
Mother Goose. Perrault. Contes de ma mère l’oye 1697. From an old French expression = “old wives’ tales”....Mother Goose’s Melody 1781.
Perrault, Charles. 1628-1703. French poet. Mother Goose 1697.
Aditi. Hindu goddess, mother of Krsna and Vishnu.
Bathsheba. Old Testament Hittite Wife of David, mother of Solomon.
Bertha of the Big Foot. -783. Mother of Charlemagne.
Blanche of Castile. 1188-1252. Mother, regent for St. Louis. Hôtel de Nesle. Helped unify France.
Boleyn, Anne. 1507-36. 2nd Queen of Henry VIII, mother of Elizabeth I. Beheaded.
Borden, Lizzie. 1860-1927. US. Acquitted of father’s and stepmother’s axe murders 1892.
Brecht, Bertolt. 1898-1956. German experimental dramatist: Threepenny Opera 1928. Mother Courage.
Cassiopeia. Andromeda’s mother.
Catherine de Medici. 1519-89. Wife of Henry II, mother of 3 French kings, built Tuileries Palace. St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre.
Catherine of Valois. 1401-37. Wife of Henry V. Mother of Henry VI and VII of England.Tudor.
Clymene. Nymph. Mother of Atlas and Prometheus.
Cybele. Roman Great Mother of gods. = Rhea.
Danaë. Mother of Perseus by Zeus. Danaïdes.
Eleanor of Aquitaine. Divorced from Louis VII 1152 after accompanying him on Second Crusade. Married Henry II of England, bringing Aquitaine under English crown...Angevin Empire. Mother of Richard I. Led 1173 revolt vs husband, Henry II.
Electra. Legendary Greek spirit who killed her mother, Clytemnestra to venge the murder of her father, Agamemnon.
Elizabeth, St. Mother of John the Baptist. Sister of Virgin Mary.
Europa. Daughter of Agenor, king of Phoenicia, raised by Zeus (Jupiter). Minos’ mother.
Hagar. Sarah, Abraham’s wife’s handmaid. Mother of Ishmael.
Hsi Ho. Chinese goddess; mother of sun.
Ishtar. Assyrian and Babylonian goddess of love, sex, and war. Earth Mother.
Joseph, St. Husband of Mary, mother of Jesus.
Joseph II. 1741-90. Holy Roman Emperor, 1765-. Enlightened despot. Edict of Tolerance. Dominated by mother, Maria Theresa -1780.