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Some Mother's Son

Director: Terry George Writers: Terry George and Jim Sheridan Director of Photography: Geoffrey Simpson Editor: Craig McKay Music: Bill Whelan Production Designer: David…

Brewer's: Great Mother

The earth. When Junius Brutus and the sons of Tarquin asked the Delphic Oracle who was to succeed Superbus on the throne of Rome, they received for answer, “He who shall first kiss his…

Brewer's: Idæan Mother

Idæ'an Mother Cybele, who had a temple on Mount Ida, in Asia Minor. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894IdealismIconoclasts A B C D E F G H I J K L M…

Brewer's: Mamma, Mother

The former is Norman-French, and the latter Anglo-Saxon. (See Papa.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894MammetMamelukes A B C D E F G H I J K L M N…

Brewer's: Spiritual Mother

So Joanna Southcott is addressed by her disciples. (1750-1814.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894SpiritualismSpirited Away A B C D E F G H I J K L…

Brewer's: Goddess Mothers

(The). What the French call “bonnes dames ” or “ les dames blanches, ” the prototype of the fays; generally represented as nursing infants on their laps. Some of these statues made by the…

Brewer's: Mother of Believers

Ay-e'-shah, the second and favourite wife of Mahomet; so called because Mahomet being the “Father of Believers,” his wife of wives was Mother of Believers. Source: Dictionary of Phrase…

Brewer's: Mother of Books

Alexandria was so called from its library, which was the largest ever collected before the invention of printing. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Mother of…

Brewer's: Mother of Cities

[Amu-al-Bulud]. Balkh is so called. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Mother of PearlMother of Books A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T…

Brewer's: Mother Country

One's native country, but the term applies specially to England, in relation to America and the Colonies. The inhabitants of North America, Australia, etc., are for the most part…