Talk:Britomartis

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the hunting virgin britomartis was a greek god in anchiant athens

How about some facts?

This article is pure fantasy. I've rarely seen a Wikipedia article with such a high bullshit ratio. How about some information instead? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.249.97.90 (talk) 21:55, 9 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Are any adults watching this page? Can we get some improvements without losing information?--Wetman (talk) 02:23, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Seems to have more warlike-patriarchy-repressing-prehistoric-peaceful-matriarchy rhetoric than strictly necessary... It would be nice to have some images of depictions of Dictynna. AnonMoos (talk) 23:00, 28 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It seems like there is a huge bias in this article- more about the myths and less rhetoric about repression? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.62.218.15 (talk) 21:06, 1 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Celtic?

Is it my imagination, or does the word britomartis sound like it might be Celtic? You could mention that a source for some of this myth is the Appendix Vergiliana Ciris, especially lines 220-305.Vince Calegon 14:04, 26 March 2017 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vince Calegon (talk • contribs)

Equating Britomartis with the Minoan snake goddess

I have deleted a large quantity of extremely speculative material equating Britomartis with the Minoan snake goddess. The material was almost entirely uncited, except for a tiny statement at the beginning which was cited to Martin Persson Nilsson's Minoan-Mycenaean Religion, and Its Survival in Greek Religion and Walter Burkert's Greek Religion. Nilsson's book is nearly seventy years outdated and contains many ideas no longer supported by modern scholarship, largely on account of the fact that it was written before the decipherment of Linear B. Nilsson was great for his time, but he died half a century ago and modern scholarship has progressed significantly since then. Burkert has a similar problem; although his work is not quite as outdated, it was written several decades ago. I will freely admit that I do not have a copy of Burkert's work, but I doubt that very much of the information presented in the article actually came from him given the fact that he was only briefly mentioned at the end of the footnote.

Aside from the citation to Nilsson and Burkert, no other sources whatsoever were provided for any of the material claiming that Britomartis was the same as the Minoan snake goddess. I am largely forced to conclude that a great deal of the "information" presented here may perhaps have been nothing more than the wild speculations of someone who had recently read Nilsson's book. In any case, if any of this information is restored, it should only be done so if all of the material is directly attributed to reputable, current, scholarly sources. Citations are necessary. They are not just an option. There are people who rely on Wikipedia for accurate information and, if no sources are given in the article, there is no way to know whether or not the information is accurate. --Katolophyromai (talk) 00:42, 11 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Update: I now possess a copy of Burkert's book and he does not say anything about Britomartis having been equivalent to the Minoan snake goddess. --Katolophyromai (talk) 23:15, 23 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]