“Christianity is merely a system for turning priestesses into handmaidens, queens into concubines, and goddesses into muses.”

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American writer 1932

Andre Norton book Storm Over Warlock

Source: Storm Over Warlock (1960), Chapter 15, “Dragon Slayer” (p. 164)

“Two goddesses now must Cyprus adore;
The Muses are ten, the Graces are four;
Stella's wit is so charming, so sweet her fair face;
She shines a new Venus, a Muse, and a Grace.”

Callimachus (-310–-240 BC) ancient poet and librarian

Epigram 5; translation by Jonathan Swift, cited from Anthologia Polyglotta (1849), edited by Henry Wellesley, p. 47
Epigrams

“Life is not a thing of knowing only — nay, mere knowledge has properly no place at all save as it becomes the handmaiden of feeling and emotion.”

Learned Hand (1872–1961) American legal scholar, Court of Appeals judge

"Class-Day Oration" (1893).
Extra-judicial writings

“There was a considerable time lag between the subordination of women in patriarchal society and the declassing of the goddesses. As we trace below changes in the position of male and female god figures in the pantheon of the gods in a period of over a thousand years, we should keep in mind that the power of the goddesses and their priestesses in daily life and in popular religion continued in force, even as the supreme goddesses were dethroned. It is remarkable that in societies which had subordinated women economically, educationally, and legally, the spiritual and metaphysical power of goddesses remained active and strong.”

Gerda Lerner (1920–2013) Austrian-American women's history scholar

The Creation of Patriarchy, ch. 7, pp. 141-142
The Creation of Patriarchy (1986)

“Some marry the first information they receive, and turn what comes later into their concubine. Since deceit is always first to arrive, there is no room left for truth.”

Baltasar Gracián book The Art of Worldly Wisdom

Cásanse algunos con la primera información, de suerte que las demás son concubinas, y como se adelanta siempre la mentira, no queda lugar después para la verdad.
Maxim 227 (p. 128)
The Art of Worldly Wisdom (1647)

“They’re turning me into the Queen of England.”

Jair Bolsonaro (1955) Brazilian president elect

On 22 June 2019 https://riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/rio-politics/national-politics/bolsonaro-says-congress-seeks-to-turn-him-into-the-queen-of-england/, about the Congress. Democracy Bedevils Brazil’s President Bolsonaro https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-07-01/democracy-bedevils-brazil-s-bolsonaro. Bloomberg (1 July 2019).