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To: alt.religion.wicca,alt.magick.tyagi,alt.religion,alt.pagan,alt.mythology,talk.religion.newage,talk.religion.misc,soc.culture.greece From: nrider@hadron.us.oracle.com (Anne B. "Nonie" Rider) Subject: Re: AAvalon: Olympic Ritual to Hestia Date: 27 Jun 1996 22:34:34 GMT greyhawke@circledance.reno.nv.us (GreyHawke) wrote: > Yes, they honored Zeus. But there is strong evidence that the Olympic > games began before patriarchy came in. And these games were for Hera and > they were woman's games. > > The northern tribes conquered the Greek area and brought patriarchy > with them. They also brought Zeus and changed a lot of the myths. (For > example, 'Hurcules' was once "Heracles" and was Hera's great warrior, not > her enemy.) When Zeus came in he raped Hera and forced her to marry him. > Also, the Delphi Oracle began with just women. When patriarchy came the > women were thrown out (except for the prophesy priestess - but a priest > interpreted) and the Oracle was given to Apollo. With love, sister (or brother), please check the level of scholarship in your sources. There is little or no evidence for these claims; they are a modern feminist attempt to unravel ancient tangles in yarn that fell to dust years ago. I sympathize DEEPLY with the desire to find the face of the Goddess among those stomping gods, but we still need to keep speculation separate from scholarship. --Nonie, with apologies
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