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fecundity
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agricultural myths
- In myth: Hunting and agricultural deities
…marriage in order to gain fecundity for humans (this happens in ancient Mesopotamian religions, for instance).
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religious dualism
- In dualism: Creation and destruction: life and death
…is nonetheless the principle of fecundity and life, and his counterpart Seth has already been mentioned (see above Egypt and Mesopotamia).
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rites
- In sacrifice: Bloodless offerings
…concerned with the fertility and fecundity of the soil. These plants have been regarded as especially embodying the life-force of the deified earth and are frequently buried or plowed into the soil to replenish and reactivate its energies.
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