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The Golden Bough, Vol. 01 of 12

Note 34 — Chapter I · THE KING OF THE WOOD

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Thus there have been found many models of the organs of generation, both male and female, including wombs; figures of women with infants on their laps or on their arms; and couples seated side by side, the woman pregnant or carrying a child. See Bulletino dell’ Inst. di Corrisp. Archeologica, 1885, pp. 183 sq.; Notizie degli Scavi, 1885, pp. 160, 254; id. 1895, p. 424; O. Rossbach, op. cit. p. 160; G. H. Wallis, Illustrated Catalogue, pp. 4, 15, 17. Another group represents a woman just after delivery, supported by the midwife, who holds the child in her lap. See Graevius, Thesaurus Antiquitatum Romanarum, xii. col. 808. As to the huntress Diana, see above, p. 6.

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