Without getting too deep into it, here's a quick tip for persons interested in research on these female "deities": a great many of them trace back to and are identical with the "goddess" known to the Sumerians as Inanna.
Well, okay, one point: The name "Inanna" is just a corruption of the Sumerian NIN.AN.NA, where "NIN" = "lady or queen", "AN" = "heaven", and "NA" indicates a verb, so here meaning "from". Thus, "Inanna" is not really a name, but a description or title meaning something like "Queen of Heaven".
The Queen of Heaven is specifically mentioned in the Old Testament in opposition to Yahweh, and I suggest we can take that as evidence she is distinct from Mary, either Virgin or Magdalene.
Without getting too deep into it, here's a quick tip for persons interested in research on these female "deities": a great many of them trace back to and are identical with the "goddess" known to the Sumerians as Inanna.
Well, okay, one point: The name "Inanna" is just a corruption of the Sumerian NIN.AN.NA, where "NIN" = "lady or queen", "AN" = "heaven", and "NA" indicates a verb, so here meaning "from". Thus, "Inanna" is not really a name, but a description or title meaning something like "Queen of Heaven".
The Queen of Heaven is specifically mentioned in the Old Testament in opposition to Yahweh, and I suggest we can take that as evidence she is distinct from Mary, either Virgin or Magdalene.