Tag Archives: artemis

Virgin of Guadalupe, Spain

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Carisa

Since writing my previous post on Mary in the Americas, it has come to my attention that yet another possible source for Our Lady of Guadalupe (besides religious vision and Aztec mythology) is a Black Madonna in the town of … Continue reading →

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Is the Moon female?

Posted on September 18, 2010 by Carisa

It is popular in modern times, especially in neopagan circles, to think of the moon as representing a goddess. But what did the ancients think?  Was the moon female to them? In classical Greece and Rome, the answer to that … Continue reading →

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Theotokos: How the Mother Goddess became Mary

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Carisa

Mary becomes Mother of God: The year 431 A.D. was a momentous one in the history of the Queen of Heaven.  That’s the year the church fathers, meeting in Ephesus in modern day Turkey,  officially declared that Mary is Theotokos, … Continue reading →

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