Guest guest Posted August 26, 2004 Report Share Posted August 26, 2004 On the below story, It sounds like to me that this is an internal story. We are originaly enlightened beings. When we incarnate into humans, or whatever, we lose that enlightenedment (well most of us do), the being unclean metaphore. We go through incarnations , the underworld, that leads us back to enlightment. That's my best guess. Sarina Hecate was not always the goddess of the Underworld. At one time she was an Olympian.The one goddess who she had problems with was Hera. They would always argue about something. One day Hera pissed Hecate off so Hecate stole Hera's makeup. To hide from Hera's wrath she took up shelter and hid in a woman's hut. The story gos that Hecate became "unclean" because she was near a woman who was giving birth. (can you see the patriarchal influence in this story?) Anyway when the gods found out she was unable to return to Mt. Olympus she had to reside in the Underworld. There has to be more to this story for it is a total gigantic crock of crap that being near a woman giving birth makes you dirty! How can such a beautiful act such as giving birth be "dirty"? I guess a woman's blood scared the crap out of men.No i am not a man hating feminist. We are all equal I just don't like hearing that crap about woman being "dirty" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.