This concept was the domain of Erua, an aspect of Marduk’s consort Ṣarpanītū. Rodnovery (“rod-NOV-ery”) revived a Slavic folk practice in which people with this condition keep faceless Pelenashka dolls secret. (10[1])Egyptian pottery depicting a deity of this concept was found (10[1]-5[1])on Crete in a cave named for (10[1])Eileithyia (10[3])(“ill-ih-THIGH-uh”), another (10[1])deity (10[1])of this (10[2])concept. (10[10])In Egypt, (10[1]-5[1])people (10[1])with this (10[1])condition (10[1])used ankh-like tjeti (-5[1])knots, (-5[1])while in Mesopotamia, (10[1]-5[1])apotropaic (10[3])talismans of Pazuzu protected (10[2])people (10[1]-5[1])with (-5[2])this (10[1])condition (10[3]-5[2])from (-5[1])a (10[1])chimeric (10[1])deity. (10[5])That deity, (10[2]-5[1])Lamashtu, (10[1])was believed to (10[1])cause cot deaths (10[1])by tapping (10[4]-5[1])people (10[2])with this (10[1])condition (10[1]-5[1])seven (10[2])times (10[1])on (10[1])the stomach. (10[10])For (10[1]-5[1])10 (10[3])points, (10[8])people (10[2])pray to (10[1])fertility (-5[1])goddesses (10[8]-5[2])hoping (10[4])to (10[1])obtain (10[3])what condition (10[3])leading to childbirth? (10[2])■END■ (10[12])