The Mother may refer to:

• Mother (Gorky novel), 1906
• The Mother (Brecht play), 1935, based on Gorky's novel
• The Mother (Pearl S. Buck novel), 1934
• The Mother (Čapek play), 1938
• The Mother (TV play), 1954, by Paddy Chayefsky
• The Mother, a 2010 play by Florian Zeller
• The Mother (2003 film), directed by Roger Michell
• The Mother (2023 film), an American action film
• Mirra Alfassa (1878–1973), spiritual guru and collaborator with Sri Aurobindo
  • The Mother (Sri Aurobindo), a book about Alfassa by Aurobindo
• The Mother (How I Met Your Mother), a fictional television character

• The Mothers, an American rock band
• The Great Mother, a 1955 book on the archetype by Erich Neumann
• Mother (disambiguation)