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Originally Posted by Sparrow
Was it a cult of motherhood or a cult of fertility? 
Fertility was obviously a matter of life and death to our ancient ancestors; so I don't find it surprising they obsessed about it somewhat.
It must have been even more amazing for them to see fruit ripening each year, than it is to us. |
Hi Sparrow. Good questions. I am not an expert, although I have read some. What we know is mostly by the traces that were left in the documented cults, that is, already in historical times. That is a common problem in philosophy when an important source has evidence not per se but in its claimed influence on documented stuff. Like in the case of Socrates, for instance. Stanford Encyclopedia has a nice section on this point. You find it at the bottom of the page.
I have the impression that motherhood as such was a minor issue, except in the life giving, therefore fertility.
I do not think that they were amazed by the fruit ripening. For one thing that went on and on season after season for quite a while
