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Originally Posted by WhiteWarrior
Always there are three: Maiden, Mother, and Crone. The symbolism goes back to 3rd century BC at the very least.
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I recently discovered that the Maiden, Mother Crone trifecta may have been a recent-ish invention. Scholars can't really find a reference from before it was written about in The White Goddess by Robert Graves in 1948.
Even though the number 3 is a sacred number in celtic mythology and we know the Morrigan and Hecate may have consisted of 3 entities. None of the lore suggest a maiden, mother, crone archetype..
Or so current research suggests.
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Eelco