Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoTIL the Aztecs regarded childbirth as a form of battle. Women who died during childbirth were thought to rise to one of the highest heavens - the same one as for male warriors who died in battle.www.mexicolore.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1612
arrow-up1612external-linkTIL the Aztecs regarded childbirth as a form of battle. Women who died during childbirth were thought to rise to one of the highest heavens - the same one as for male warriors who died in battle.www.mexicolore.co.ukDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square41fedilink
minus-squareBottleOfAlkahest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoDidn’t Sparta have a similar belief as far as honoring women who died in childbirth equally to men who died in battle?
Didn’t Sparta have a similar belief as far as honoring women who died in childbirth equally to men who died in battle?