#marian devotions

It is commonly understood that the Christian Marian devotionalism was influenced by the Goddess devotionalism of the ancient world. And while Mary has never been officially envisioned as divine within official Christian theology, she was clearly envisioned within traditional Christianity as having many of the same powers that only the most powerful of goddesses of the Ancient World would have…

[:en]A bathtub Madonna (also known as a lawn shrine, Mary on the half shell, bathtub Mary, bathtub Virgin, and bathtub shrine) is an artificial grotto typically framing a Roman Catholic religious figure.

Variations These shrines most often house a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary but sometimes hold the image of another Catholic saint or of Jesus. Infrequently, more than one figure is represented.