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Index The Goddess--II, The Virgin The Semites, and parthenioi by
the Greeks called children born of such virgins bathur. Both
terms mean virgin-born. According to the Protoevangelium, the
Virgin Mary was a kadesha and perhaps was married to a member of
the priesthood known as the "fathers of the gods." There is an
analogy between Mary's impregnation and that of Persephone's.
The latter, in her virgin guise, sat in a holy cave and began
weaving the great tapestry of the universe, when Zeus, appearing
as a phallic serpent, impregnated her with the savior Dionysus.
Mary sat in a temple and began to spin a blood-red thread,
representing Life in the tapestry of fate. The angel Gabriel
came to Mary, telling her that the spirit of the Lord would over
shadow her and she would be with child. (Luke 1:28-31) This
child was Jesus Christ, who many call savior. In the Hebrew
Gospels the name Mary is designated by almah which means "young
woman." The reason tha