the original definition of the word c***

[niyad]

I could go on with an extensive list, but these two will start. the reality is that many of the words used to insult women since the patriarchy were originally titles of goddesses, words of honour, and I wear them proudly. the last time a man called me a c***, I clasped my hand to my chest and gushed, "you called me a c***, that is one of the titles of the goddess. I had no idea you thought so highly of me. nobody has ever honoured me that much before". I guarantee he has never used that word again.



Bitch – This became a naughty word in Christian Europe because it was one of the sacred titles of the Goddess, Artemis-Diana, leader of the “hunting dogs.”…In Christian terms, “son of a bitch” was considered insulting not because it meant a dog, but because it meant a devil-that is, a spiritual son of the pagan Goddess.” Women’s Encyclopedia of Myths & Secrets by Barbara G. Walker

Cunt – Derivative of the Oriental Great Goddess as Cunti, or Kunda, the Yoni of the Uni-verse. From the same root came county, kin, and kind. Related forms were Latin cunnus, Middle English cunte, Old Norse and Frisian kunta, Basque cuna. Other cognates are “cunabula,” a cradle, or earliest abode; “Cunina,” a Roman Goddess who protected children in the cradle; “cunctipotent,” all-powerful (i.e., having cunt-magic); “cunicle,” a hole or passage; “cuniculate,” penetrated by a passage; “cundy,” a coveted culvert; also cunning, kenning, and ken: knowledge, learning, insight, remembrance, wisdom. Cunt is “not slang, dialect or any marginal form, but a true language word, and of the oldest stock.” Barbara G. Walker – Women’s Encyclopedia of Myths & Secrets

Adam – Adamah, meaning “bloody clay,” though scholars more delicately translate it “red earth.” Barbara G. Walker – Women’s Encyclopedia of Myths & Secrets

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