The Deficiency of
the Triple Goddess
So blog fail - I started and abandoned this project pretty
quickly. Well I'm going to start again, maybe.
I was thinking
about a post on Inciting A Riot. He'd asked
about the Triple Goddess (Maiden, Mother, Crone). From my research, she's
largely a modern creation. While triple goddess of various sorts exist in
mythology, there is no "maiden, mother, crone" deity. This
isn't some "if it's not ancient - it's not for me" rant.
Rather, it is a consideration of what MMC represents. Even looking
at her aspects as metaphor, they are still sexist. They reduce women to
their biology and sexuality. Even as a metaphor, I'm supposed to accept
that my biology should still matter. I'm more interested in considering
my gods as what they do beyond human biology.
When people try to
explain MMC as a metaphor, they engage in all kinds of strange rheotical
devices and convoluted explanations about how "Mother"
means something other than literal biology. Yet, they always return to
almost identical ideas. It seems to me that if \the explanation takes
that much work, drifts so far from what the word actually means, and sometimes
ceases to have any connection to the meaning of the word - then perhaps the MMC
fails as a metaphor?
If a goddess of
metaphor is needed, why not metaphors that are not essentialist in its view of
women (and possibly men)?
I am more than my biology, and I do not live my life as if it my uterus determines who I am. Why would I want my goddess to be determined by her's?
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