My mother's milk was poisonous to me due to our clashing blood-types. I wonder if Lamashtu was not seen as a spirit or deity inhabiting a mother whose milk was poisonous to her baby. Maybe that could explain the empathy towards her and the ritual to send her away.
Oh interesting! I am working on a conference presentation now on Lamaštu as an embodiment of all the anxieties that come along with motherhood, I will have to add this!
My mother's milk was poisonous to me due to our clashing blood-types. I wonder if Lamashtu was not seen as a spirit or deity inhabiting a mother whose milk was poisonous to her baby. Maybe that could explain the empathy towards her and the ritual to send her away.
Oh interesting! I am working on a conference presentation now on Lamaštu as an embodiment of all the anxieties that come along with motherhood, I will have to add this!
@wedgie_bce omg! That sounds amazing! I hope you will share some of your ideas and findings with us 🙏