15/03/2026
🌿 Mother’s Day — a much older idea 🌿
Mother’s Day might feel like a modern tradition…but the instinct to honour mothers could be one of the oldest recognitions humanity has ever had.
Long before organised religion or pantheons of gods, early humans were already making small carved figures of pregnant women. Rounded forms in stone or clay. Some of them are over 20,000 years old.
They weren’t portraits of a specific person.
They seem to have been symbols.
Many archaeologists think they represented something often called the Great Mother, a recognition that life itself arrives through this mysterious process of creation, care and nurturing.
In the ancient world people often saw this same life-giving force reflected in nature. The earth that grows food, the turning of the seasons, the cycles of the moon… it was all part of the same rhythm.
As cultures evolved, these ideas began to appear in mythology through different goddesses. In Greek tradition you see it through figures like Gaia, Demeter, and later Metis.. the titan goddess associated with wisdom and deep intuitive knowing.
I’ve always liked that idea.
Because motherhood has never just been about giving birth.
It’s also about guidance, patience, intuition, protection, and the quiet wisdom that shapes a life.
Maybe that’s something our ancestors were trying to honour all along.
So today is a good moment to simply recognise the mothers in our lives... the women who carried us, raised us, cared for us, and helped shape who we became.
And to acknowledge that the nurturing, life-giving presence they represent has always been something humanity instinctively respected.
Happy Mother’s Day. 🌿😊💜
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