medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
I'm no expert on this iconography, but older illustrations of angels I have
seen (pre-Renaissance) are increasingly androgynous to me the further back I
look.
Rob Howe.
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Subject: Re: [M-R] Female Angels?
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> My two cents worth. Ever notice that in folklore and religion, male is a
> default gender? When it is not important that the character be female or
> male
> then it is male.
>
> Angels are a case in point. Do angels father or bear children? Oh yes
> there is
> that obscure passage in Genesis about the bene elohim, but first you would
> have
> to establish that these were angels--something some believe and others do
> not.
> But for all intents and purposes angels are male by default.
>
> --V. K. Inman
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