A Celtic goddess, I posted a picture as a comment to the Annie Sprinkle/speculum photo since it reminded me of depictions of this creation goddess. Since the images are often so old, most of what I could find is speculation and conjecture, but it's an interesting goddess since I was raised Catholic and we hide stuff like that in my religion.
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This picture kind of reminds me of a reading we did that had a picture of a penis but it was really a vagina. If I remember correctly what we read was talking about the claim that woman's parts are just incomplete male parts or something of the like. I think this picture is kind of the opposite, like taking a penis and splitting it to create a vagina.
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