medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
> John Dillon
> (repressing the urge to spin a yarn connecting the usage to executions
> that might have been held in connection with public festivities in
> honor of Cybele, e.g. at the Megalensian Games in Rome)
John,
You may already know it, but Stephen Benko, The Virgin Goddess: Studies in the Pagan and
Christian Roots of Mariology (Leiden: Brill, 2004) has some remarkable and fascinating
material on this topic, particularly in relation to Asia Minor and Montanism, in particular.
Cheers,
Jim
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