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* Hiroko of ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiII'' does not appear to be one at first; she's designed after {{Lilith}} and the other heroine Beth wears a closer approximation of the traditional outfit. But she gets involved in the plot to [[MamaBear rescue a kidnapped little boy]], and [[spoiler:she is a virgin mother. She was chosen as the surrogate for [[TheHero Aleph]], an ArtificialHuman designed to be the Messiah, invoking this trope]].

* A common AllegoricalCharacter from [[UsefulNotes/TheRenaissance Renaissance]] Art and onward is Charity, an AnthropomorphicPersonification of [[EmbodimentOfVirtue the Heavenly Virtue of her namesake]]. Her design was clearly made to evoke imagery of the Virgin Mary, depicted as dressing very modestly (this differs between cultures) as she is breastfeeding multiple ''putti''.

"Madonna" comes from the medieval Italian word ''ma donna'', meaning "my lady". It is most commonly associated with Mary, a very prominent figure in the Abrahamic faiths as the mother of [[UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} Jesus Christ]]. Since fiction likes to borrow much from the religious culture that it spawns from, there is often StockParodies of its most prominent or important characters, like Jesus, Satan, or in this case, Jesus' mother.

* : Historia from ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' is one the darkest and most disturbing examples. Her name may not be Mary, but she used the fake name of Krista, which was the name of a motherly figure holding a child in a similar manner Mary would hold baby Jesus in the Madonna art style, from a book Frieda gifted to her. She is introduced as a kind-hearted girl possibly in love with Ymir, a Titan shifter. She is a ProperLady, considered a sacred figure for the wall worshippers and later to most of Eldians once she becomes their queen. She is even referred as a goddess by multiple characters. As an adult, Historia is expected to become a BreedingSlave for the 50 years old plan in order to save the Paradise Island from genocide, and all of her children would turn in a way into {{Messianic Archetype}}s, inheriting the Beast Titan and the Coordinate.

* Broadly speaking, the Priestesses are kind of this in the universe of ''Manga/FushigiYuugi''. They are young, virginal girls, who save the world by a special relationship with one of TheFourGods. Most memorably, in the OVA, Mayo's arrival has been foretold as being a pregnant virgin who arrives from another world to save this one. (Mayo, however, is ''most definitely'' a subversion of the trope, being less saintly YamatoNadeshiko, and more of an ApocalypseMaiden. [[spoiler: She does end up saving the Universe of the Four Gods, with help from Miaka, whose baby [[MysticalPregnancy she's been given to hold onto]], once she realizes the gravity of what she's done.]]

->'''Qui-Gon Jinn:''' The Force is unusually strong with him, that much is clear. Who was his father?\\
'''Shmi Skywalker:''' There was no father that I know of. I carried him, I gave birth to him. I can’t explain what happened.
-->-- ''Film/ThePhantomMenace''

* Becomes associated as a sacred figure, if not a symbol of worship to some and often depicted with a HolyHalo.

* A common AllegoricalCharacter from [[UsefulNotes/TheRenaissance Renaissance]] Art and onward is Charity, an AnthropomorphicPersonification of [[EmbodimentOfVirtue the Heavenly Virtue of her namesake]]. Her design was clearly made to evoke imagery of the Virgin Mary, depicted as dressing very modestly (this differing between cultures) as she is breastfeeding multiple ''putti''.

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* Broadly speaking, the Priestesses are kind of this in the universe of ''Manga/FushigiYuugi''. They are young, virginal girls, who save the world by a special relationship with one of TheFourGods. Most memorably, in the OVA, Mayo's arrival has been foretold as being a pregnant virgin who arrives from another world to save this one. (Mayo, however, is ''most definitely'' a subversion of the trope, being less saintly YamatoNadeshiko, and more of an ApocalypseMaiden. [[spoiler: She does end up saving the Universe of the Four Gods, with help from Miaka, whose baby [[MysticalPregnancy she's been given to hold onto]], once she realizes the gravity of what she's done.]]
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* The plot ''Film/TheTerminator'' centers around Sarah Connor, a normal, unremarkable American girl who is targeted to be killed by [[SatanicArchetype the Terminator]] because her future son [[MessianicArchetype John Connor]] would grow up to be mankind's savior. She eventually ends up conceiving John with Kyle Reese, the very man sent back in time by John himself (like how an angel was sent to immaculently conceive God's human form with Mary) to protect her.

* Galadriel from ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' is depicted as motherly, has a name which translates to "lady crowned in light" in her language (thus alluding to a halo), and was entrusted with one of the rings of power by a higher being- a great responsibility. Tolkien also stresses her purity, stating that she was "unstained" and "had committed no evil deeds." Some critics debate whether or not Galadriel is truly meant to resemble Mary in any way, but given Tolkien's strong Catholicism, these traits all suggest the parallels are intentional.

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** Rey's mother has shades of this in ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker''. She lived in a desert as a junk trader and gave birth to a child born with extradordinary abilities, who grows to become the saviour of the galaxy and even [[spoiler: gets brought back from the dead]]. The outfit Rey's mother wears is also very similar to how the Virgin Mary is often depicted (a blue cloak with a hood).

* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'', the mother of [[HalfHumanHybrid half-Esper]] main character Terra is a human woman named Madeline, literally Madonna in the original English translation, and the Esper Maduin, a member of a race of magical superbeings created to fight in the ancient War of the Magi. Their daughter, Terra, becomes the first human in a thousand years to be born with the gift of magic -- only for the EvilEmpire to storm the OtherWorld of the Espers, capturing Maduin and many of his fellow Espers. Madeline dies in the fighting, and the Emperor himself rips Terra from her arms. The game begins when she breaks free of the Empire's control, and joins the heroic [[LaResistance Returners]], a link between humans and Espers and the key to defeating the Empire.

* MysticalPregnancy

* Is usually a ProperLady or YamatoNadeshiko

SisterTrope to MessianicArchetype, MosesArchetype and SatanicArchetype. Compare MotherGoddess, JeanneDArchetype. See also DivineDate, MadonnaWhoreComplex, PassionPlay and PietaPlagiarism. Not to be confused with the entertainer Music/{{Madonna}}.

* The plot ''Film/TheTerminator'' centers around Sarah Connor, a normal, unremarkable American girl who is targeted to be killed by [[SatanicArchetype the Terminator]] because her future son [[SatanicArchetype John Connor]] would grow up to be mankind's savior. She eventually ends up conceiving John with Kyle Reese, the very man sent back in time by John himself (like how an angel was sent to immaculently conceive God's human form with Mary) to protect her.

SisterTrope to MessianicArchetype and SatanicArchetype. Compare MotherGoddess, JeanneDArchetype. See also DivineDate, MadonnaWhoreComplex, PassionPlay and PietaPlagiarism. Not to be confused with the entertainer Music/{{Madonna}}.

* In a rare male example, Greg Universe in ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' represent the Virgin Mary to his son Steven's role as a MessianicArchetype. He happens upon a beautiful otherworldly being (Rose Quartz) whom he then conceives a child with, a miracle in that gems do not reproduce like humans. He would go on to raise Steven without her, helpless to stop Steven from putting himself in danger and ultimately becoming the planet's (and later the known galaxy's) savior. The episode "Three Gems and a Baby" goes on to cement this as it subtly reenacts AwayInAManger in the Nativity with Greg playing the part of both Mary and Joseph.

SisterTrope to MessianicArchetype and SatanicArchetype.

See also DivineDate, MadonnaWhoreComplex, MotherGoddess, PassionPlay and PietaPlagiarism. Not to be confused with the entertainer Music/{{Madonna}}.

* ''Franchise/StarWars'': Shmi Skywalker, a strongwilled slave woman who conceived Anakin [[TrulySingleParent without a father]] -- in ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'', Qui-Gon speculates he was conceived by the Force; in ''ComicBook/DarthVaderDarkLordOfTheSith'' it appears that [[spoiler:Darth Sidious/Palpatine was involved somehow.]] However she got pregnant, her son Anakin was an immensely powerful young man destined to "[[MessianicArchetype bring balance to the Force]]" -- and he did, after [[DarkMessiah falling to the Dark Side]], assisting in the Empire's evil as TheDragon, before being brought back to the Light by [[RedemptionEqualsDeath dying to save his son]].

* An old ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' arc had the team trying to find and protect the "Celestial Madonna," a woman prophesied to birth the most powerful being in the universe. I forget if the child ever lived up to its hype, but the Madonna herself turned out to be [[spoiler: Mantis]].

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* Is the human of a pairing [[MuggleMageRomance between a normal person and an abnormal one]].

See also DivineDate, MadonnaWhoreComplex, MotherGoddess, PassionPlay and PietaPlagiarism. Not to be confused with Music/{{Madonna}}.