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Page 279
... goddess and the " divine virgin , " a development that led all the way from the old popular religions of Babylonia and Assyria to the mystery cults of the late Hellenistic period . Despite the unfavourable presuppositions in the ...
... goddess and the " divine virgin , " a development that led all the way from the old popular religions of Babylonia and Assyria to the mystery cults of the late Hellenistic period . Despite the unfavourable presuppositions in the ...
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... goddess Kore , daughter of the earth- mother goddess Demeter . In other places of the Middle East , the time was associated with miraculous fountains from which wine flowed in place of water . Nothing more is known of an Epiphany feast ...
... goddess Kore , daughter of the earth- mother goddess Demeter . In other places of the Middle East , the time was associated with miraculous fountains from which wine flowed in place of water . Nothing more is known of an Epiphany feast ...
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... goddess was a theme common in the mythology of the Hellenistic world . Aphrodite ( Venus ) , the goddess of sexual love , for exam- ple , emerged from sea foam . Athena sprang , in full battle array , from the head of Zeus , her father ...
... goddess was a theme common in the mythology of the Hellenistic world . Aphrodite ( Venus ) , the goddess of sexual love , for exam- ple , emerged from sea foam . Athena sprang , in full battle array , from the head of Zeus , her father ...
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