This goddess appears in Minoan myth wearing a flounced skirt and a bodice that exposes her bared breasts, symbolizing fertility, creation, renewal and protection. A common practice of Minoan ...

These days we give chocolate eggs as gifts at Easter but eggs have been symbols of fertility for thousands of years. The ancient Persians gave each other painted eggs for the festival of Nowrooz ...

The snake goddess trope has slid through various cultures throughout history, embodying powerful symbols of fertility, protection and transformation. From the ancient temples of Crete to the ...

This Halloween, there are likely to be fewer pint-sized witches going door to door in search of candy. Concerns over the ...

From 1984 to 2004, a towering statue of a fertility god from a 1950s Hollywood movie ... It's no longer there but might now ...

This myth was promoted by the Egyptologist Margaret Murray in the early 20th century and was then debunked by the historian C. L'Estrange Ewen almost as soon as it appeared. It was founded on a ...

Lupercalia was a pagan fertility festival typically celebrated in February. Like the Valentine Cupid, it had ties to a Roman god. The festival was dedicated to Faunus, the Roman god of agriculture ...

With the season centering around the festival, it's likely that the goddesses of fertility will play a major role in the season. For now, however, Bell is faced with a slew of romantic encounters ...

Surely doctrine was central to nursing the sick during times of plague, to the rejection of abortion and infanticide, to fertility ... God so loved the world . . ." would have puzzled an educated ...