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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture There IS a tradition in Brittany, at least, of a mother goddess Ana, worshipped at springs just as Saint Anne is worshipped at springs all over Brittany and Christendom today. But, and the best person to ask about this is Colleen Selig at Yale, the image does not need to be pre-Christian or un-Christian. It is a way to really, really, really de-sexualize Mary, just in case you weren't convinced by the virgin birth, ect., and place all of the sexuality on Anne's matronly shoulders. But Colleen Selig knows much, much more than I do... all best, Sara McDougall Quoting Ms B M Cook <[log in to unmask]>: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > I too would like to get back to St Anne .... > > I have no problem with images of St Anne and the BVM as a (young) > adult woman, with or without the Christ Child. > > I have no problem with the image of St Anne teaching the BVM to read > - indeed that may have something to say about the transmission of > female literacy in upper class households ... > > What does bother / intrigue / puzzle me is the St Anne Trinitaire in > its most extreme form: as the large Mother with the BVM and the > Christ Child seemingly equal in size (small) sitting in her lap. > > There is also a kind of sub-category where the BVM is a child but a > kind of Big Sister to the Christ Child, definitely a pre-pubescent > girl. > > This seems distinctly un-Christian to me. > > Is there any pagan image / legend which this could be a roughly > baptized version of ? > > Mother Earth and a male and female offspring of some sort ? Classical > ? Celtic ? Indo-European ????? > > Any ideas ? > > > I have quite a collection of these images from an exhibition > catalogue from Nantes, Brittany in 1966. > > Brenda. > ********************************************************************** > To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME > to: [log in to unmask] > To send a message to the list, address it to: > [log in to unmask] > To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion > to: [log in to unmask] > In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: > [log in to unmask] > For further information, visit our web site: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html > ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html