The Goddess Remembered

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woman's perspective been ignored", is something that nobody can say with any certainty.
Some of the more factual issues discussed in the film include "Venus Figures". They were first called "Venus" figures by the Marquis de Vibraye in the 1860's and the term has subsequently been used to represent all ancient depiction's of (usually corpulent) women. These figurines are quite similar despite a wide geographical spread, footless and faceless with swollen breasts, buttocks and/or abdomens. They were made from a variety of materials including clay, ivory and stone. Traditionally they are seen as the representation of the earth mother, a hypothesis which cannot be proved or disproved. They may have been symbols of fertility but it is again impossible to state this categorically.
I found that one of the more interesting topics was that of "The Day of The Dead". This is an ancient festivity that has been much transformed through the years, but which was intended in prehispanic Mexico to ...

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