Re: Sheela-na-gig | Forum — The Modern Antiquarian

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FourWinds Jun 5, 2003 16:24:03

Replying to Shestu

I agree with your last two paragraphs whole heartedly.

I would like to know what you consider good writing on Crete et al. The rather plump little 'Mother' goddess figures found there at the turn of the last century are what started all this off. Some interpretations of them have had some bad repercussions and have given us some real codswallop that clutters up the scene.

Shestu Jun 5, 2003 17:04:06

Replying to FourWinds

I would like to read or hear of the problems caused by the plump idol you refer to. I do not know of her except as Venus of Wilendorf (spell?). The Minoan Idol I speak of is thin, topless and wearing a long skirt with a snake in each hand.

I am a rabid reader and it will take a bit to gather the sources on Crete. It seems to me that you take a preconceived stance that balance has never existed in a highly evolved civilization unless proven otherwise. I take the stance that it has unless proven otherwise.

On another topic have you read "Red-Haired Girl From The Bog" by Patricia Monaghan or "The Mist-Filled Path" by Frank Mac Eowen. I greatly enjoyed both of them.