… the importance of the God being born of a “Virgin” did not come originally from any puritanical impulses. Classically, the term Virgin meant a woman who was “one-in-herself,” who owned herself. She could be sexual and could have children, but she could not be someone else’s wife or property. Generally, this meant that she knew the goddess within her and honored herself.
excerpt from Awakening the Heroes Within (1991, p. 44) by Carol S. Pearson
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