@AdmiralHip yeah there were holdover rituals esp in medieval Christianity. But the goddess wasn't in her river anymore.
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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 what is also interesting is that women aren't necessarily treated that well in pagan religion either.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AdmiralHip
@AdmiralHip Yes! And think this point gets lost in favor of some kind of invented soft-focus warm & fuzzy history1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @NeolithicSheep
@civilwarbore yeah I mean I love reading about a different take on pagan religion, but the next time someone tells me that the Greeks...1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AdmiralHip
@civilwarbore ...or the Romans had a female-friendly batch of gods, myths, and religion then I WILL scream.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AdmiralHip
@AdmiralHip I want to know who did Roman pr for their rep as a nation of gender equality.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@civilwarbore MAN SRSLY.
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