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 no but sometimes she became a saint or just a spirit. At least in very rural spaces.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AdmiralHip
@AdmiralHip if she got to be a saint, they brought her inside the church, though. And domesticated her. It's a grief.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @NeolithicSheep
@civilwarbore yep. domestication made it non-threatening.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AdmiralHip
@AdmiralHip not that I subscribe to the notion of Celtic Britain as a matriarchal feminist utopia, but what changes when women aren't divine3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @NeolithicSheep
@civilwarbore but Christianity took the extra step. One god, but perceived solely as male. The woman is made human and is only a vessel1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@civilwarbore or at least, that is her most important aspect. Motherhood and virginity all in one.
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