Who is the Black Madonna? What does she represent? What does the MOther of Oracles have to say about the origins and purpose of the Black Madonna?

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Music used in this episode:

"Past the Edge" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Photo:

Black Madonna at the Basilica of Blessed Virgin Mary, Marija Bistrica, Croatia 

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Reference:

Scarre, C. (2011). Monumentality. In T. Insoll (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Ritual and Religion (pp. 9–23). Oxford University Press.

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