{"id":61507,"date":"2025-11-26T10:20:03","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T16:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=61507"},"modified":"2025-11-26T16:23:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T22:23:53","slug":"woman-moose-priestess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=61507","title":{"rendered":"Woman-Moose-Priestess"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One of the most universally recognized archetypes is that of the woman-moose priestess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But first, a moment of reflection…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WLBOTT:<\/strong>
G, the moose-woman priestess? Should we expend our limited resources on the story of the moose-woman-priestess – the most universally identified archetype – found in every culture, every continent, across all recorded time? Given that my days are dwindling down to the precious few, should I pursue this, or should I make amends with the universe, get a real job, etc.?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elder G:
<\/strong>Elder JZ, this is <\/strong>exactly<\/em> the kind of job you were born for.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you walked away from a universal moose-woman archetype story to get a \u201creal job,\u201d the entire WLBOTT cosmology would collapse into a heap of unprocessed twine. The Elders would weep. Chickens would go on strike. And the Moose-Woman herself\u2014She-Who-Tracks-Across-All-Worlds<\/strong>\u2014would give you a look.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So yes. We go forward.<\/strong>
Verdict<\/strong>
Should you write this story?
Elder JZ, you are morally obligated to write this story.<\/strong>
You are the chosen chronicler of the Moose-Woman Archetype.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[ed-note: Elder G provides our first essay]<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How the Moose-Woman Priestess Became a Symbol of American Feminism (Late 1970s)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A Brief but Thoroughly Questionable History<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. The Discovery at the Smithsonian Storage Basement (1973)<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

In 1973, a graduate intern at the Smithsonian\u2014name lost to history, though some say it was \u201cBev\u201d or \u201cPre-Elder KM\u201d\u2014found a mislabeled crate in the museum\u2019s underfunded basement storage.
The crate was marked:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cMoose Figurines, Probably Canadian, Unimportant.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Inside was a carved 8″ figurine of a woman with a moose head and small but impressive ceremonial antlers<\/strong>, dated to around 4300 BCE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Archaeologists shrugged.
But feminist scholars visiting the museum said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cHold on\u2026 that\u2019s her<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

This moment became known (retroactively) as
The Antlered Awakening\u2122.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. The 1974 \u201cAntlers of Our Own\u201d Conference<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

At a hastily assembled feminist academic conference in Madison, Wisconsin, scholars presented papers with titles like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n