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Reprinted from:
Honar Nameh
University of Art, Tehran
No. 20, 2003
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Sacred
Feminine Spirit in Primitive Mythology & Religion
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History,
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In
the History of primitive mythologies and
religions, "Sacred Feminine Spirit" was
associated with such natural forces as had a feminine
or maternal function.
Most often nature or those of its features that had to
do with fertility, feeding, growth and pregnancy, i.e.
bore a resemblance to women's duties and maternal
functions, were considered feminine.
Nature has a maternal aura about it; so does the
earth, the moon, mountains, crevasses, etc., and are
therefore considered feminine.
Such forces or phenomena have appeared as the
"Great Mother", "Great Goddesses",
"Mother Earth" and embodied in the figures
of goddesses.
Often great goddesses, also called the "Great
First Mother" and also usually birth-giving and
generous, are otherwise associated with fear and
death.
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