Worshipping Wondrous Girls

Hi, welcome to the Wondrous Women podcast. I’m Helen Pugh and for many years I’ve been researching women throughout history for my books, which include Unsung Women in Somerset, On This Day in Somerset, Jungle-tastic Tales and Inca-tastic Tales.In this episode, we’ll be looking at times when girls have been worshipped. There'll be no accompanying Patreon episodes for this one and this will be the last episode for the time being. Thanks for your support and understanding.Sources: Cannington Cemetery: Excavations 1962–3 of prehistoric, Roman, post-Roman, and later features at Cannington Park Quarry, near Bridgwater, Somerset by Philip Rahtz, Sue Hirst and Susan M Wright, The Somerset Village Book by the Somerset Federation of Women’s Institutes, www.cannington.org.uk, somersetheritage.org.uk, Inca Rituals and Sacred Mountains. A Study of the World’s Highest Archaeological Sites by Johan Reinhard and María Constanza Ceruti, neh.gov/project/ice-maiden, penn.museum/sites/expedition/frozen-mummies-of-the-andes/, Inca Mummies: Secrets of a Lost Empire (National Geographic Documentary), From Goddess to Mortal by Rashmila Shakya as told to Scott Berry, Living Child Goddess in Nepal (BBC Our World documentary), nepaleconomicforum.org/the-focus-on-the-past-19-years/, Becoming a deity – a mixed blessing (DW News video), kathmandupost.com/art-culture/2024/11/16/the-untold-story-of-a-kumari-s-mental-well-being, Living Goddess of Nepal to Fin. Analyst: A Journey of Divinity to Resilience (The PVT Show Podcast), npr.org/sections/parallels/2015/05/28/410074105/the-very-strange-life-of-nepals-child-goddess