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\\\"the idea of Maiden, Mother and Crone is almost certainly modern\\\" Also what Maiden means \\\"Metaphorically\\\" was entirely different in the Ancient world, certain the Pre-Christian world.
We\\\'re used to artistically affiliating Virginity with Purity and Innocence, and possibly Naivete. But to the Ancient Greeks it meant being Untamed. The Amazons where called \\\"Warrior Maidens\\\" whether literally virgins or not, because they didn\\\'t marry. There are 3 Virgin goddesses among the Olympians, none are Innocent Princess who\\\'s purity has to be protected. Their Artemis the Huntress, Athena a goddess of Wisdom but also at times a warrior goddess, and Hestia was probably the closest thing to a Crone among the 12.
TheThreeFacesOfEve is in fact a little more faithful to ancient TripleGoddess alignments, besides that again their Maidens where not childlike.
We\\\'re used to artistically affiliating Virginity with Purity and Innocence, and possibly Naivete. But to the Ancient Greeks it meant being Untamed. The Amazons where called \\\"Warrior Maidens\\\" whether literally virgins or not, because they didn\\\'t marry. There are 3 Virgin goddesses among the Olympians, none are Innocent Princess who\\\'s purity has to be protected. Their Artemis the Huntress, Athena a goddess of Wisdom but also at times a warrior goddess, and Hestia was probably the closest thing to a Crone among the 12.
TheThreeFacesOfEve is in fact a little more faithful to ancient TripleGoddess alignments, besides that again their Maidens where not childlike.
