Many indigenous religions use feminine imagery alongside masculine imagery for the sacred (e.g., White Buffalo Calf Woman, Mother Earth). Describe this use of feminine imagery in at least one religion and discuss what difference this God-imagery makes to the religious imagination of the people. Does the "feminine sacred" reality affect the status of women in that indigenous culture? How so or how not?

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Many Indigenous Religions Use Feminine Imagery Alongside Masculine Imagery for the Sacred