Well, you could start with Luke 1: 36, 39, 56. It looks jolly like it to me.
I am sure any competent Icelandic midwife would notice this passage...
Anselm Cramer OSB
Ampleforth Abbey, York
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From: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: 17 January 1999 15:14
Subject: the virgin mary as midwife
>A recent posting to this list mentioned the virgin mary
>"taking over" midwife functions from pagan goddesses.
>My query to the list is, goddesses aside, have there
>been any studies of the Virgin Mary as midwife?
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