Editing Labrys (section)

===Religion and spirituality===
The labrys is sometimes used as a symbol of [[Hellenism (religion)|Hellenic polytheism]].{{citation needed |date=July 2018}} As a symbol of the [[Modern Paganism|neopagan]] [[Goddess movement]], the labrys represents the memory of pre-[[patriarchal]] matristic societies.{{efn|"Women fought, as war leaders and in the ranks; women fought in troops, as regular soldiers; and the principal symbol of the Great Goddess, appearing widely throughout the Mediterranean and Asia Minor, was the double-headed battle axe or ''labrys''."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Miles |first1=Rosalind |title=The Women's History of the World |year=1989 |chapter=The Great Goddess |page=33 |publisher=Salem House |location=Topsfield, MA |isbn=0-88162-348-2 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/womenshistoryofw0000mile/page/33/mode/2up}}</ref>}}<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Keller |first=Mara |year=1988 |title=Eleusinian Mysteries |url=http://www.ciis.edu/Documents/Keller%20Eleusinian%20Mysteries%201988%20part2_1.pdf |journal=Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion |volume=4 |issue=1 |page=42 |access-date=2016-06-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908111212/https://www.ciis.edu/Documents/Keller%20Eleusinian%20Mysteries%201988%20part2_1.pdf |archive-date=September 8, 2015}}</ref>