[LMB] LQ #11: Sixth God? (Wed. Mar. 12th)

[Tzivia Adler]

From: "Pat Mathews" <mathews55 at msn.com>
> I know precisely what she'd be. Because they have the Son for boys and 
> young men and the Father for adults and old men, but the Daughter for 
> girls and young women and the Mother --- mother conjures up adult, even 
> though widows wear a darker version of the Mother's green. And you can 
> have elderly Daughter figures (Minerva McGonigal, anyone?) but neither of 
> them are anything but an earlier life stage extended.
>
> What we lack is the Crone, the Wise Woman, the Granny - that ageless, 
> timeless figure of every traditional culture I've ever heard of, whether 
> Italian or Ozark of Discworld or (for sure) Navajo.
>
i agree, there's a lack of aged wisdom, but i wonder why people seem to 
think Father is OK for adults and old men, while Mother doesn't cover old 
women?

reminds me of 'nobody's son' where old women had hte mystery of life and old 
men had hte mystery of death, but no one wanted death mystery and old men 
were relegated to attics, or something like that.  book's on a shelf 
somewhere...

ziviya, really really glad to never meet Granny Weatherwax.