Some authors consider that fertility rites took place around Kaaba in pre-Islamic times. The pilgrimage to the Kaaba in the autumn and the rituals performed in it like performing the circumambulation naked, vigil in front of Mount Arafat, offerings to the pillars at al-Mina and sacrifices. According to Barnaby Rogerson, it is likely these rituals were a part of a fertility cult and it ensured continuation of the life-cycle. In the cult, a mother goddess was worshiped and represented by a trinity, a heroic young god would die and be reborn in an unending cycle due to the supreme god who is his father. This was symbolized by agriculture and movement of the celestial bodies in Arabia. Allat was the fertility goddess with al-Rabba (the sovereign), Manat and Al-Uzza being her epithets. Thuraiza or Muzdalifah was the heroic young god and Allah was the father. Benjamin Walker says the Kaaba which was honored by orgies and its name means virgin. Fertility rites took place in temples of the Great Goddess and the color green was associated with her.