What the cult of Aphrodite reveals about ancient attitudes towards love—and desire
A mix of ancient divinities, Aphrodite was patron over love, beauty, fertility, and war. But the venerated Greek deity has a ...
BBC5 年
In pictures: Nigeria festival celebrates Yoruba fertility goddess Osun Osogbo
The Osun Osogbo festival, a traditional celebration that is thought to be 600 years old, is under way in ... costumes to appease Osun, the goddess of fertility. Adedayo Okedare/BBC The famous ...
BBC6 年
Egypt unveils 4,400-year-old tomb of ancient priestess
Hetpet was a priestess to the goddess of fertility Hathor ... This site, in Giza's western cemetery, housed officials from the Old Kingdom's Fifth Dynasty, some of which have already been dug ...
BBC3 年
Episode 69 - Sculpture of Huastec goddess
If you want to test the old clich that an act of translation ... in the Aztec language, 'filth goddess'. She was a figure of fertility, vegetation, and renewal, the ultimate green goddess ...