Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 beta 3/9/83; site tellab1.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!mgnetp!ihnp4!tellab1!heahd From: heahd@tellab1.UUCP (Dan Wood) Newsgroups: net.religion,net.women Subject: Re: Deific gender question Message-ID: <364@tellab1.UUCP> Date: Mon, 6-Aug-84 18:05:38 EDT Article-I.D.: tellab1.364 Posted: Mon Aug 6 18:05:38 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 8-Aug-84 08:23:32 EDT References: <254@siemens.UUCP>, <957@pyuxn.UUCP> Organization: Tellabs, Inc., Lisle, Ill. Lines: 16 Rich has a point. But, nearly all mythologys (and I include the judaeo-christian systems under this title) make thier gods male or female. Most forms of monotheism for some reason make their god male. I think this is possibly because they all arose relatively late in history after humankind (hupersonkind?) had changed from semi-nomadic hunter/gather tribes to settled agrarian cities and the male of the species had assummed dominance. Before you have a chance to say "What about the Greeks and Romans?" They were settled people and they had Goddesses" I would like to point out that while they did indeed have Godesses, these were mostly left over from the pre aryan populations of the mediteranian basin and the head god of both pantheons were male. "I have seen God, and She's black." DW @ ...!ihnp4!tellab1!heahd