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Creation of the animals. Holkham Bible, England ca. 1320-1330. BL, Add. 47682, fol. 2v.
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Sign of Pisces. Matfre Ermengau, Breviari d'amor, Occitania ca. 1300-1350. BL, Harley 4940, fol. 30v.
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Crowned cat. Scheibler Armorial, Germany ca. 1450-1480. München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cod.icon. 312 c, p. 258.
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It is no coincidence that the mandorla — the almond-shaped halo around Christ or the Virgin Mary — mirrors the vulva’s form. Named after the Italian for “almond,” it symbolises the threshold between worlds, the sacred gateway through which divine light and incarnation enter the human realm.
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Have a beautiful Day of Aphrodite aka Venus' Day aka #FriggsDay aka Friday.
"Frigg, I believe,
knows all that happens,
although she says it not."
Freyja in Lokasenna🏛 Frigg or Valkyrie, Tuna, Alsike, Uppland, Sweden
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Let's go! With hope and cunt into the #NewYear 👌
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Erotic figure like a Sheela Na Gig in San Pedro de Cervatos, Spain 👌
Sheela Na Gigs are a type of erotic stone carving of a female figure usually found on Romanesque churches. They depict an old woman squatting and pulling apart her vulva.