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Wounded Bear

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47. Weren't most of the Greek heroes also of "virgin birth"...

Sat Dec 24, 2016, 10:52 AM

Dec 2016

they supposedly thought that the Gods walked among them, and were running around impregnating women all the time.

I know Perseus was supposedly the son of Zeus and a mortal woman.

It's a pretty common theme around the Eastern Mediterranean IIRC.

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