tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post8413561878118716557..comments2023-10-12T02:21:40.102-07:00Comments on English Historical Fiction Authors: The Ancient Cult of the Wagon-GoddessDebra Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03256313302199653185noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-26325462504573090002015-09-12T02:23:18.229-07:002015-09-12T02:23:18.229-07:00Fascinating post! And one can see links with sever...Fascinating post! And one can see links with several pre-classical Greek legends and practices. The killing of the king seems to have been a widespread belief, not necessarily because the king had failed, but because shedding the most precious blood in the community would bring fertility to the land. In some places the king was ritually killed after a set number of years, whatever the circumstances. I suppose the idea was that a fresh young king was more beneficial than an aged one. He would often be married to the queen, who was probably older and wiser - and perhaps a priestess/goddess.Ann Swinfenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08168095839845563846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-83784885645805102862015-09-12T01:24:12.952-07:002015-09-12T01:24:12.952-07:00Let's not forget the Greek tale of Artemis and...Let's not forget the Greek tale of Artemis and Actaeon--he saw her bathing and was turned into a stag and killed for it, speaking of viewing the naked goddess. Some interpretations say to avenge the "profanation" of her virginity, other simply leave it as there are some things mortals are not meant to see.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04885009487209534486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-67825337053424062082015-09-11T13:37:26.405-07:002015-09-11T13:37:26.405-07:00A fascinating post Elaine. You bring together a nu...A fascinating post Elaine. You bring together a number of strands of legend and history in a very readable way.Michael Willshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07385723814551115537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-33901984107878319612015-09-11T08:10:04.878-07:002015-09-11T08:10:04.878-07:00Fantastic post. It hit me right in the middle of ...Fantastic post. It hit me right in the middle of my co-protagonist the Goddess Nemesis watching labors loading stones from a burial mound. I'm almost tempted to write of the slave goddesses into the story---not quite, but certainly enchanted by them and appalled by their fate. Linda Fetterly Roothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05679025414115279660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-39859486531193175892015-09-11T02:39:02.582-07:002015-09-11T02:39:02.582-07:00Thanks for this Elaine - so informative (if grueso...Thanks for this Elaine - so informative (if gruesome in parts!). I really enjoyed reading it.Annie Whiteheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11028691371545306450noreply@blogger.com