France

ANNE, the Virgin Mary's mother is teaching her to read the book of life. St. Anne is veiled wisdom. Surrounding the mother and daughter are fleur-de-lis, symbols of new growth.
Chartres Cathedral, Stained Glass Window
 

Celtic Mater Dea holds twins at her breasts. Mater Dea, Latin for feminine divine, nurtures all who seek her soul wisdom (I-DEA) !
Dea Nutrix, 2nd CE, Gaul. Clay

Autun Marie Madeleine
with her womb alabaster jar is the tree of life in France.
Dea Nutrix, 2nd CE, Gaul. Clay

MARIE MADELEINE held the relics of a saint behind her heart. She stands on Lilith, Adam's first wife.
Louvre Museum Romanesque Reliquary. Wood. Oloron Cathedral Relief Sculpture. Romanesque.
 

Cluny Marie Madeleine carries her alabaster jar. After the cruxifixion Mary Magdalen arrived at St. Maries de la Mere and spent her last years in the dark forest of St. Baum.The kings of France traced their royal lineage to her.
Musee de Cluny, Paris
 

Notre Dame Chartres
 

Notre Dame du Port
 

Notre Dame Le Puy

Notre Dame Le Puy/Museum
 

Vierge Noire / Clermont Ferrand

Vierge Noire Rocamadour

Venus of Laussel Is holding her crescent moon. The ample Great Mother is the cycle of life. She points to her pregnant belly.
Musee Prehistorique, Les Eyzies, France

Venus of Lespugne is centered in a rainbow lotus vulva, surrounded by symbols of the language of the Goddess. This spirit banner is in honor of Marija Gimbutas and hangs at The Joseph Campbell and Marija Gimbutas Library at Pacific Graduate Institute in California.
Musee de l'Homme, Paris. Paleolithic. Clay