^^
The "Virgin" was only included because folks wouldn't stop worshipping female deities, aka the Earth Mother/Gaia.
(as it's pretty hard for a sole male entity to bring forth new life, ya know.)
Thus, they scoured the texts for a suitable christian female, Mary was the obvious choice and from then on, if people worshipped the "Mother", they could put a christian overlay on it.
(Like with Yule and Midsummer etc rites- if you can't beat them, just say it's our custom all along).
That said; something much more important:
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