Questions tagged [maiden-goddesses]
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What was the Aztec religion's view of virginity?
This is a follow-up question to: "Why did druidesses vow perpetual virginity?"
What was the Aztec religion's view of virginity? Did they, like the Romans with their vestal virgins, view ...
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Greek female name associated with gifts, a tool, a weapon, or a lie - must sound relatively 'normal' for a modern name
I'm writing a story, and the beginning of the story has a woman in it that doesn't actually exist - she's a figment of some mental manipulation upon the protagonist by a magical Greek cult.
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What is that on Athena's chest?
In this statue there is something what looks like a face on Athena's chest. I have seen it on some other statues of Athena.
What is it? Is there a myth behind it?
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Why did Apollo trick Artemis into killing Orion?
In one of the endings of Orion's myth, Apollo challenges Artemis' skills and tells her to shoot at Orion, who is swimming in a lake. Artemis, who can't see that it's Orion, shoots and unknowingly ...
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Why did druidesses vow perpetual virginity?
Dufieux's Nature et virginité p. 415 notes one pre-Christian culture that respected perpetual virginity:
Dans la Germanie et dans les Gaules, il y avait des druidesses vouées à une virginité ...
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What was Athena's punishment for her involvement in a plot against Zeus?
When Hera, Apollo, Poseidon and Athena lead a revolt/rebellion against Zeus, they failed and were punished. Apollo and Poseidon were sent to build Troy's wall. Hera was tied upside down from the ...
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Virgin goddesses outside of the Greek and Roman traditions?
The Greeks and Romans seem to have had something of an obsession with virgin goddesses, which seems somewhat counter to pagan traditions in general. Who are some virgin goddesses not from Greek or ...
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When did the maiden goddesses choose to become a maiden forever?
When did Hestia, Athena, and Artemis decide to become maiden goddesses?
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