Jane

edit, by bulls I mean stags, stag deers, sorry…oh, and on the site, click Brauron, it gives more details about the rituals,

which included, at least referenced, cutting the throat of a man, I do know, the pantheon goddesses [in all ancients] were also connected to the War gods, why they are called fertility goddesses and war gods. They are a hierarchy but work towards common goals, etc., and cover all aspects of life, etc.

The Old Testament sheds a lot of light if you read/do thorough study on ancients [including Mayans, Olmec, Inca] rituals and then go and read the OT, you can piece it together there. [though there is some differences between the ‘sky’ pantheon [heavens], the ocean/or under earth and then the earth [serpent, most of Southern Cone and/some in Africa-animist, have more of a hierarchy centered around the serpent-except Kali/Hindu, from Aryans who formed the caste system, back in B.C., both Hindu and the Incas and Mayans go as far back as B.C. during Ramses Egypt, the others came later, after the fall of Sumeria/split of Israel-Judah, in later B.C., OT].

Jane

Jane