The womb as a 'fortress of bones'Sourced
An old legal term pictured the womb as a fortress.
Some Old Frisian legal documents on protecting children and pregnant women use a compound word meaning 'fortress of the bones' for the womb. It is an arresting metaphor in a place one might expect only dry legal language.
Even a legal text can hide a vivid image.
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