And yes here in Brittany we have a long tumulus near us with breasts carved on it from the prehistoric era. Accompanying them are what they describe as 'axes' - myself, I'd have said they were phallic rather than axey...
Oh, how interesting! I didn't know there was such a thing in your region. As for the "axes" - lots of Victorian-era descriptions of ancient art were sanitized in one way or another. So you may very well be right about those.
Thinking of the many-breasted Artemis of Ephesus as well. Thank Christianity for all the shame, the erasure of sacredness of women, etc. So much we have to reclaim that's been obliterated.
And yes here in Brittany we have a long tumulus near us with breasts carved on it from the prehistoric era. Accompanying them are what they describe as 'axes' - myself, I'd have said they were phallic rather than axey...
Oh, how interesting! I didn't know there was such a thing in your region. As for the "axes" - lots of Victorian-era descriptions of ancient art were sanitized in one way or another. So you may very well be right about those.
Thinking of the many-breasted Artemis of Ephesus as well. Thank Christianity for all the shame, the erasure of sacredness of women, etc. So much we have to reclaim that's been obliterated.
I'm so glad we're starting to see these things acknowledged openly.