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Pastimes : History's effect on Religion
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To: Sun Tzu who wrote (1)4/28/2003 11:21:49 PM
From: Brumar89   of 520
 
Mother-child love is universal and I think its legitimate to refer to it as a template which is found in many religions around the world. Wouldn't argue with much of what you're saying except:

seeing Anahita as a template for Mary and seeing a South American mother goddess as a sign of Sumerian seamen visiting South America.

Since mother-child love is the universal template - Anahita, the virgin Mary in Roman Catholicism, the South American mother goddess you referred to are all independent expressions of the template, I think.

Going farther afield, in North American mythology, you have the woman who fell from the sky among the Iroquois in northeastern North America and a grandmother goddess among the Shawnee. I'm sure there are many examples all over the world.
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