Yay! I am glad you enjoyed it! And there is something of a thread between the two, honestly: this post led to the train of thought and to a couple of conversations that inspired me to want to write a prayer to Mary.
"Mothers in our society stop being human beings with pasts, futures, or interests independent of their offspring. Their offspring are treated as their only legitimate creations, which they will then be judged by."
This is an incredibly important point, and relevant to the distinction I was thinking of between Mother figures and Grandmother/Crone figures. Both can be nurturing, but Mothers are defined by their identity as the mother of specific children; Grandmothers tend to not be constrained this way.
And huh...good observation about Demeter! Especially since her role as Mother is more explicit than other examples I can think of of goddesses who have children but aren't defined solely as existing for them.
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Date: 2017-11-03 06:01 pm (UTC)"Mothers in our society stop being human beings with pasts, futures, or interests independent of their offspring. Their offspring are treated as their only legitimate creations, which they will then be judged by."
This is an incredibly important point, and relevant to the distinction I was thinking of between Mother figures and Grandmother/Crone figures. Both can be nurturing, but Mothers are defined by their identity as the mother of specific children; Grandmothers tend to not be constrained this way.
And huh...good observation about Demeter! Especially since her role as Mother is more explicit than other examples I can think of of goddesses who have children but aren't defined solely as existing for them.