Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!know!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!apple!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: rblack@shemtaia.weeg.uiowa.edu (Roger Black) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Paganism then and today Message-ID: Date: 4 Dec 90 05:44:46 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA Lines: 16 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article , nrcgsh@ultb.isc.rit.edu (N.R. Coombs) writes: > The goddess diana had 21 breasts. If you're referring to the famous statue of Artemis (often identified with Diana), those aren't breasts--they're bull testicles. At least so it was said on a recent TV documentary I saw. Apparently part of the worship of Artemis was the ritual castration of bulls and the draping of their severed testicles around the neck of the priestess. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Roger Black rblack@shemtaia.weeg.uiowa.edu Disclaimer: My employer doesn't even know I have any opinions. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------