Virgin Birth

A virgin birth can refer to:

  • Parthenogenesis, birth without fertilization
  • Miraculous births, virgin birth in mythology and religion
  • Virgin birth of Jesus
  • Artificial insemination
  • Russell case (1920s)

Famous quotes containing the words virgin and/or birth:

    “For often at Church I’ve seen the stained high glass
    Pour out the Virgin and Saints, twist and untwist
    The mortal youth of Christ astride an ass.”
    —Allen Tate (1899–1979)

    “It suggested, too, that the same experience always gives birth to the same sort of belief or religion.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)