Pretty sure it was Christianity under the guise of stamping out heresy that cut away the sanctity of the stag in the wood.
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Replying to @NeolithicSheep
@civilwarbore it was long in development. I'd even place it late, Renaissance maybe.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AdmiralHip
@civilwarbore if only because Christianity in early medieval europe was imprinted upon the old pagan spaces, the wells/springs/groves...1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AdmiralHip
@civilwarbore ...became holy spaces. So it was long in development. I strongly suspect it was a Protestant thing, actually.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AdmiralHip
@AdmiralHip yeah there were holdover rituals esp in medieval Christianity. But the goddess wasn't in her river anymore.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @NeolithicSheep
@civilwarbore but there was definitely this...idk, removal of the woman from the landscape? I mean women were assoc with magic...1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AdmiralHip
@civilwarbore ...so I suspect that taking her away from it, or making her acceptable by Christianizing her in a way, the woman remains.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AdmiralHip
@AdmiralHip the woman who remains though is the medieval saint, not the goddess who might flood a village that angered her, you know?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @NeolithicSheep
@civilwarbore that's a good point actually, female saints lost the power of their goddess counterparts. Brigid comes to mind especially.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AdmiralHip
@AdmiralHip Yes. Though some like Macha never made it into Christianity; I suspect there was just no redeeming her1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@civilwarbore probably not. War goddesses were too out there I suspect.
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