Their piety and religious consciousness [that of pagans converted to Christianity] had been formed for millennia through the cult of the ‘ great mother ’ goddess and the ‘ divine virgin. ’ ” ​ — The New Encyclopædia Britannica (1988), Volume 16, pages 326 and 327.
Nende [kristlusse pöördunud paganate] jumalakartlikkust ja usulist mõtlemist oli aastatuhandete jooksul kujundanud emajumalanna ja jumaliku neitsi kultus. ” ( „The New Encyclopædia Britannica ”, 1988, 16. kd, lk 326, 327.)