Development of Mariolatory3

APPENDIX : M. M. NINAN
The Semites, and parthenioi by the Greeks called children born
of such virgins bathur. Both terms mean virgin-born. According to
the Protoevangelium, the Virgin Mary was a kadesha and
perhaps was married to a member of the priesthood known as
the "fathers of the gods."
There is an analogy between Mary's impregnation and that of
Persephone's. The latter, in her virgin guise, sat in a holy cave
and began weaving the great tapestry of the universe, when
Zeus appearing as a phallic serpent, impregnated her with the
savior Dionysus. Mary sat in a temple and began to spin a bloodred
thread, representing Life in the tapestry of fate. The angel
Gabriel came to Mary, telling her that the spirit of the Lord would
over shadow her and she would be with child. (Luke 1:28-31)
This child was Jesus Christ, who many call savior.
In the Hebrew Gospels the name Mary is designated by almah
which means "young woman." The reason that Mary is held to
have remained a virgin by Catholics and some Christians is
because Matthew in his gospel used the Greek word parthenos,
meaning "virgin," instead of almah when referring to the virgin
birth of Jesus. Also almah was derived from Persian Al-Mah, the
unmated Moon goddess. Another cognate of this term was the
Latin alma, "living soul of the world," which is essentially identical
to the Greek psyche, and the Sanskrit shakti. So the ancient
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