Whatever happened to goddesses and earth worship?
Whatever happened to goddess and earth worship? Whatever happened to the worship of female gods and the worship of the earth? Is the earth an actual living organism? In many cultures if not all there used to be the worship of the earth. Even the early cavemen understood the earth to be a maternal entity that gave birth to trees, grass and vegetation. The Greeks had Gaia, the Romans had Terra, the Chinese had the goddess Houtu the Zulus had the goddess Nomkhubulwane. Early man had respect for the earth and female figure. At some point in history, female goddesses got sidelined and the male god reigned supreme. And two chief culprits of sidelining goddesses is Islam and Christianity. And it is no surprise that with patriarchy and the monotheistic worship of the male god misogyny prevailed. For the last thousands the female figure has been shunned and covered up. Woman is viewed as the tempter and the reason of the fall of man. Religious texts are full of evil female characters and vers