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The female body

From head to foot Beauty/Beautifying

Phases of life

Woman in general Girls/Daughters Brides Wives Co-wives Widows Mothers Mothers-in-law/Daughters-in-law Old age

Basics of life

Sex Love Fertility/Sterility Pregnancy Childbirth

Female power

Verbal talent Work Knowledge Witchcraft/Occult forces Countermeasures Violence Other aspects

Messages of metaphors

Women as vessels Women as flowers Women as animals Women as eatables Gendered places/spaces/hierarchies Other images