Ki: The Templeless Earth Mother

The Faceless Goddess So Powerful She Needed No Temples Picture this: along the fertile banks

of the Tigris and Euphrates, the ancient Sumerians are building massive temples for their

gods. They’ve got towering ziggurats for the god of the heavens, the lord of wisdom,

and the queen of war. Every great city has its patron deity, and every deity

gets a house worthy of their power. But what if I told you that their most fundamental goddess,

the very mother of the universe and the foundation of all life, had no temples at

all? This is the story of Ki, the faceless goddess so powerful and

all-encompassing that she wasn't worshipped in buildings, but in the very earth beneath her