On Tue, 25 Apr 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Interesting - Mary Magdalene also has the association of being a > penitent wandering in the desert for many years, and long hair is one > of her identifiers! There was a lot of confusion between the Marys, > so I guess Mary of Egypt is where the prostitution came from? That's > a discussion for another time....
There are a number of reasons for Magdalen's supposed link to prostitution (which, interestingly, does not exist in the Eastern Orthodox Christian church's view of Magdalen, who is highly revered). But yes, there are similarities in the stories, and apparently some cross-fertilization, which becomes evident in the art as well, when you look at paintings of Magdalen in her wilderness-hermit phase. --Robin _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
