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Urmutter

English translation: Gaia / Mother Earth

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German term or phrase:Urmutter
English translation:Gaia / Mother Earth
Entered by: John Jory

21:28 Feb 6, 2006
German to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Esoteric practices
German term or phrase: Urmutter
"Empfangt den Gruß der heiligen Stätten
Gigantische Säulen erheben dein Sein.
Dein Wesen ist licht, wie der Urmutter Quell......

Anlehnung an Johannes Offenbarungen aber von einem "Autor" der heutigen Zeit. Urmutter ist ja wohl eine Art Eva ....
aber wie nenn ich das in Übersetzung? "Ancestral" does just not sound right to me.
swisstell
Italy
Local time: 07:19
Gaia
Explanation:
Gaia - is the term for the spiritual essence of the physical being we know to be mother Earth.

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John Jory
Germany
Local time: 07:19
Grading comment
Thanks to ALL the participants. A special thanks to you, John. What a nice website there! And your suggestion enabled me to write fitting well into the whole:
"Your being, like Gaia's, is infinite light ...."
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +4primal mother
Gert Sass (M.A.)
3 +4Gaia
John Jory
3 +1the First Mother
Nicole Schnell
3Mother Earth
Maureen Millington-Brodie
3Progenetrix
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Mother Earth


Explanation:
an idea

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Note added at 2 mins (2006-02-06 21:31:46 GMT)
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if it's not Eve

Maureen Millington-Brodie
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:19
Native speaker of: English
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
the First Mother


Explanation:
Suggestion

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Note added at 5 mins (2006-02-06 21:34:20 GMT)
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first mother -- die Urmutter
foremother -- die Urmutter

Source:
http://www.iee.et.tu-dresden.de/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/wernerr/sear...

Nicole Schnell
United States
Local time: 22:19
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Anne Schulz: passt vom Stil (und wahrscheinlich auch vom Rhythmus) her am besten
10 hrs
  -> Danke, Anne!
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
primal mother


Explanation:
or "primordial mother" might do it.

Gert Sass (M.A.)
Germany
Local time: 07:19
Native speaker of: German

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  C. Peter
0 min
agree  franglish
12 mins
agree  lone (X): primordial mother see http://visionaryrevue.com/webtext2/panjof3.html
16 mins
agree  Erik Macki
2 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Progenetrix


Explanation:
"Earth, the great mother goddess, is a cannibal goddess. She alone is our true progenetrix. She is our final destiny. We have no reason to rejoice before her."

And a few more Googles - depends how lyrical you wish to be.


    Reference: http://www.religion-online.org/showchapter.asp?title=1105&C=...
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Local time: 06:19
Native speaker of: English
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
Gaia


Explanation:
Gaia - is the term for the spiritual essence of the physical being we know to be mother Earth.

Is this the context you are looking for?


    Reference: http://www.infinitelight.com/nmg.htm
John Jory
Germany
Local time: 07:19
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks to ALL the participants. A special thanks to you, John. What a nice website there! And your suggestion enabled me to write fitting well into the whole:
"Your being, like Gaia's, is infinite light ...."

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Johanna Timm, PhD: this one is my mother, for sure :)
42 mins
agree  Nancy Arrowsmith: mine too!
1 hr
agree  Ulrike Kraemer: And mine! See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaia_philosophy
7 hrs
agree  AnjaR
8 hrs
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