Hannah Blue Heron's many readers will be delighted with The Virgin,
her first novel. Living in prehistoric times (c. 3200 BCE), the
Temple Virgins serve the Goddess, Inanna, by bringing men from the
local villages into union with Her in ecstasy. Their village of
Al-Rah is threatened by the teachings of the rough men from the
North, the Kurgans, who denigrate women and are beginning to
destroy the temples of the Goddesses, replacing them with temples
to their fierce Gods.
At only twelve sun journeys of age, Ashannah is commanded by the
village Oracle to lead the women of Al-Rah over the Great Mountain,
which they have never attempted to climb beyond the lowest
foothills. Ashannah is filled with fear and confusion. How would
she know the way?
Unpredictable appearances of Inanna to Ashannah help them begin
their journey. Common sense and great determination get them
through danger, loss and near starvation. They finally get over the
mountain and down into the beautiful valley, only to find that
there is already a village of men inhabiting it. The surprising
ending, is, in some some ways, no ending at all.
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