3.3 Infertility – ex votos of sexual parts
If a girl grew up, married, but did not become pregnant, her status as a full woman was threatened. Models of both male and female reproductive organs are among the objects dedicated at sanctuaries of gods and goddesses associated with health; places which – as you saw in Week 1 Health and the gods – were found all over the ancient world.
In Video 3, Professor Helen King speaks to Dr Jessica Hughes about why people would offer these objects to the gods.
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