![]() And as nature intricately connects fertility with femininity, goddesses were revered. And today we are exploring perhaps the most common of these beliefs, a cult that was the central part of all pagan religions - fertility. They personified these natural aspects and gave them names, imagined them as men and women - powerful deities that could be appeased to help with crops, childbirth, or victory in war. This was the belief in nature - in the yearly natural cycles, life and death, rain and sun, and above all fertility. ![]() Our ancestors had complex and widespread beliefs that were closely related to their lives and the everyday occurrences around them. ISBN 978-0-8061-2909-9.Throughout the ancient history of the world, polytheism - commonly known as paganism or heathenism - was the defining aspect of all societies and civilizations.
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