Mater Dolorosa
 

Mater Dolorosa, a "grieving mother" motif in art and spirtuality
 
the mourning Virgin Mary, for instance
 
Demeter is notable in that she displays "a combination of grief and rage which is usually missing in other prototypes" (Engelsman 56)
 
"[i]n most cases the quality of rage is split off and projected onto witch-like figures" (56)
> from Joan Chamberlain Engelsman's The Feminine Dimension of the Divine (1979)

> tagged with #spirituality, #myth, #parenting, #emotions, #grief

> created February 22, 2024 at 10:12:03 AM


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