By Makeda Voletta “Fecundity-defined as fruitful in offspring or vegetation- is generally interchangeable with fertility. It is used to illustrate those concepts that apply to the natural world beyond human societies. This is of course, an artificial distinction because indigenous peoples concerns with fertility were inextricably linked with the fecundity of the earth, plants ans animals. Many cultures perceived a connection between human sexuality and plant plant and animal fertility, and through sympathetic magic and rituals related to sex, they invoked supernatural power in guaranteeing...