(This is a bit about the Catholic themes inherent in the game and Mary’s relationship to Jesus)
Disclaimer that I haven’t been Catholic for a LONG time, so this may be out of date or misremembered. Also that ALL OF THIS DOESN’T STOP THE CC FROM DOING MISOGYNY. I AM NOT SAYING IT CAN’T DO THAT.
Going to be a bit nitpicky and say that Mary is VERY much considered Important and Divine in Catholicism so this.. isnt quite accurate.
A bit more Protestant of a take, if you don’t mind me getting Sectarian about it (Marialatry was one of their complaints and they revere Mary a lot less)
☝️ However, some interpretations of her birth and actions actually distance her FROM womanhood, or present her as an idealized form of Womanhood (Mary Magalene is more approachable as a Woman-Saint Who Has Fucked Up and was popular partly for that)
This is VERY much visible in the Game as the protagonist is explicity described as an Ideaized Woman who is Powerful And Strong And Blessed. Partly by her child, yeah
Anyway, Mary is (according to tradition):
- represented by (deepbreath) a Blue mantle, a crown of 12 stars, a pregnant woman, roses, a woman with child, a woman trampling a serpent, a crescent moon, a woman clothed with the sun, a heart pierced by a sword and rosary beads
So look for those, I guess. There are also depictions of her beating the SHIT out of the Devil, which i like
- Associated with the Ocean as the ‘Star of the Sea’ that grants salvation to Sailors
- born without Sin (she’s actually the immaculate conception, not Jesus. Jesus specifically exists because of her actions, mythologically)
- gained divine favour due to consenting to Pregnancy and God’s will (in some myths she actually avoids all the pain of pregnancy due to being born without Eve’s curse. Idk if people still believe that though)
- Literally never died but got yoinked up to Heaven (very rare) and became The Queen of Heaven
- still subordinate to God and Jesus (she’s an ex-human like every other Saint even if she’s The Biggest One)
- people in the Medieval ages revered her SO much that the church started to complain that she was getting too much devotion compared to God or even Jesus
..with this partly being how she, as wife of God and Queen of Heaven, was believed to hold sway over God and Jesus to an extent as their Wife/Mother.
- There is definitely something to be said about The Virgin Mary is interpreted in a Motherly lens, but often has the pain of childbirth underplayed (someone actually made a statue of her that displayed her in Childbirth and. lol. That Did Not Go Down Well), and how her divinity is tied to Gender Roles and Pregnancy as Baby Generator to an extent, but I wouldn’t say that people don’t acknowledge her role as Mother of God
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