Marge Farney

Woman : goddess of hell, witch, darkness, evil, temptation, seduction, adulteress Man : heroic, light, savior, creator, holy, apparently also Weak and easily manipulated by appealing to them sexually, head of the church And in this story, the prophet takes multiple wives and physically mutilates them to brand them. The marriages have extremly unequal power structures - their marraige is holy and a duty to the church, an honor. But the prophet is also physically abusive and sex is dictated by his terms and appetite, not by consent.