Swan that's funny. A Muslim I dated a few times in my college days said pretty much just that: women exclusively have the most envious power of all - the ability to create life. So why do they need more?
The more I read of ancient writings though, the more I think it was a highly organized effort too though. Plato's Timeaus may argue 'the…
Swan that's funny. A Muslim I dated a few times in my college days said pretty much just that: women exclusively have the most envious power of all - the ability to create life. So why do they need more?
The more I read of ancient writings though, the more I think it was a highly organized effort too though. Plato's Timeaus may argue 'the gods' created the world, but there's a helluva lot more praying to the (unnamed) Goddess in it. (Who the translator claims is Athena.) Reading Heredotus now, the oldest full history still extant, and got 191 pgs in before any gods were mentioned, though plenty of goddesses were - as well as priestesses & their "oracles", consulted for every important decision.
Even the Old Testament is full of Jehovah railing against the worship of Asherah (called Astarte by the Phoenicians and Ishtar by the Syrians), and tens of thousands of the oldest prayer votives found by archaeologists were either ascribed to her alone - or to her and "her consort, Jehovah" - in total reversal of claims that she was once worshiped as HIS consort (like here, useful for some of the biblical references to her: https://www.gotquestions.org/who-Asherah.html)
Swan that's funny. A Muslim I dated a few times in my college days said pretty much just that: women exclusively have the most envious power of all - the ability to create life. So why do they need more?
The more I read of ancient writings though, the more I think it was a highly organized effort too though. Plato's Timeaus may argue 'the gods' created the world, but there's a helluva lot more praying to the (unnamed) Goddess in it. (Who the translator claims is Athena.) Reading Heredotus now, the oldest full history still extant, and got 191 pgs in before any gods were mentioned, though plenty of goddesses were - as well as priestesses & their "oracles", consulted for every important decision.
Even the Old Testament is full of Jehovah railing against the worship of Asherah (called Astarte by the Phoenicians and Ishtar by the Syrians), and tens of thousands of the oldest prayer votives found by archaeologists were either ascribed to her alone - or to her and "her consort, Jehovah" - in total reversal of claims that she was once worshiped as HIS consort (like here, useful for some of the biblical references to her: https://www.gotquestions.org/who-Asherah.html)