Editing Fertility rite (section)

===Arabia===
Some authors believe that fertility rites took place around the [[Kaaba]] in pre-Islamic times. During the autumn pilgrimage to the Kaaba, rituals performed there included performing the circumambulation naked, holding vigil in front of [[Mount Arafat]], giving offerings to the pillars at [[al-Mina]], and offering sacrifices. According to [[Barnaby Rogerson]], it is likely these rituals were a part of a fertility cult, ensuring continuation of the life-cycle. In the cult, a mother goddess represented by a trinity was worshiped, along with a heroic young god would die and be reborn in an unending cycle due to his father, the supreme god. This was symbolized by agriculture and movement of the celestial bodies in Arabia. [[Allat]] was the fertility goddess with al-Rabba (the sovereign), [[Manat (goddess)|Manat]] and [[Al-Uzza]] being her epithets. Thuraiza or [[Muzdalifah]] was the heroic young god and Allah was the father. [[Benjamin Walker (author)|Benjamin Walker]] says the Kaaba was honored by orgies and that its name means "virgin". Fertility rites took place in the temples of the Great Goddess and the color green was associated with her.<ref>{{Cite book | last = Rogerson | first = Barnaby | publisher = [[Hachette UK]] | title = The Prophet Muhammad: A Biography | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=X65ktPBZRToC&dq=kaaba+fertility+rite&pg=PT22 | page = 22 |date = 4 November 2010 | isbn = 9780748124695 | access-date = 28 August 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book | last = Maria Zalewski | first = Wojciech | publisher = [[Wipf and Stock]] | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=cs8SBQAAQBAJ&dq=benjamin+walker+fertility+rite+women&pg=PA269 | title = The Crucible of Religion: Culture, Civilization, and Affirmation of Life | page = 269 |date = 13 February 2012 | isbn = 9781630875329 | access-date = 28 August 2019 }}</ref>