Mother Stonehenge

[supaduck.livejournal.com]

I was sitting here reading my Discover Magazine and I found this. Crossposted in vaginapagina

Anthony Perks, an Endocrinologist and professor of gynecology at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, see a symbolic meaning in the Stonehenge that other researchers have overlooked: The 50-ton stones trace the shape of a human vulva, he says. Archaeologists have long puzzled over the inner arches of Stonehenge, which consist of paired, capped stones, one of which is rough and the other rubbed smooth. Perk's theory could explain this formation. "In the female, estrogens make the skin softer and smoother than in the male. It struck me that here's the reasonthe two are united by a lintel over the top: They're the mothers and fathers of the past," Perks says. He also found that the inner and outer circles of stones match the locations of the labia minora dn labia majora, and an altar sits where the clitoris would be. Other authorities have thought Stonehenge was a temple for the worship of the sun or the moon. Perks sees no contradiction: "There was a concept in Neolithic times of a great goddess or earth mother. Stonehenge could represent the opening by which the earth mother gave birth to the plants and animals on which ancient people so depended." - Josie Glausiusz

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[puttysan.livejournal.com]

Interesting. The only thing that makes me wonder is that he's a gynocologist, and not a historian. He may WANT to see a vagina there. If I've learned nothing else from my Classics minor, it's that gender/race/religion/sexuality/profession/just about anything else can VASTLY change someone's intrepretation of a monument or event.

With no primary source material or parallels to other monuments, I'd be hard-pressed to believe this explanation over the sun worship, for which we have other support.

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[supaduck.livejournal.com]

The reverse to what you said could also be true about historians take on the purpose or meaning of Stonehenge.

I can honestly except the fact that we may never know it's exact purpose. I posted the article because it is an interesting take on a very old mystery.

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[puttysan.livejournal.com]

True. But then, historians look at parallels to monuments which we have primary source material for, and extrapolate from there. There is always debate, because some will see something different, but looking at these stone monuments from all over western Europe, in different shapes but lining up with solar or lunar events, does lend more credence to that intrepretation.

Still, it is an interesting take, but I just think more evidence would be required before it's accepted.

[lafemmeluna.livejournal.com]

It's true, his view may be somewhat biased. I think it's a cool concept though, lol.

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[puttysan.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, a very cool concept.

[thehippiechick.livejournal.com]

Wow... that's cool. :-)

~ Fiona

[lizzie.livejournal.com]

Neat! Interesting idea behind the creation of Stonehenge and it's meaning, although, like you said, we may never really know the true reasoning behind why Stonehenge was created this way. But this certianly is a cool aspect to think about!