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by Mildred Boyd
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pre-Columbian pantheons may have been dominated by males but there were
plenty of female deities, usually confined to such feminine pursuits as
spinning, weaving and medicine, or simply as helpmates to the more powerful
gods. They were often patronesses of childbirth and many were honored
as mothers of the gods, but any further resemblance to the compassionate
mother of Christ is purely nonexistent. So is any resemblance to Venus
de Milo. |