>> > Also, it is VERY possible that all these household goddesses ae
>> > worshipped collectively, not separately.
>>
>> Yes, absolutely. It is pretty common for deities to be worshipped
>> collecively, especially in cases like this where there are
>> multiple entities/tasks done by a single or few individuals.
>
>I believe this applies to the Thunder Brothers,
>doesn't it? Worshipped collectively by the majority of
>people, and individually by specialists?
Following from that the household goddesses are known to the Heortlings as the Weaver Women. Since there is less reason to specialise there are even fewer followers of individual goddesses.
-- Donald Oddy http://www.grove.demon.co.uk/
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