RE-AIR: The Cyprian Goddess, the Cytherean, Venus, Aphrodite, A Conversation with Author Bettany Hughes
Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean
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Inana and astate from the middle east. And an thay take the form, oftenr of tigurines that you are talking about. And these are goddesses of both sex and love, but also of war and pain. They have enormous status and standing. When egyptian pharaohs fall ill, they ask for a little figurine of inana to be brought to them to try to make them well again. So i do think those early figurines are very, definitely connected to the goddess aphrodite.
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