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According to the Babylonian Mul.Apin, which dates between 1000 BC and 686 BC, this constellation was known as "The Furrow" , representing the goddess Shala's ear of grain or corn. One star in this constellation, Spica, retains this tradition as it is Latin for "ear of grain", one of the major products of the Mesopotamian furrow. The constellation was also known as AB.SIN and absinnu. For this reason the constellation became associated with fertility. According to Gavin White the figure of Virgo corresponds to two Babylonian constellations - the 'Furrow' in the eastern sector of Virgo and the 'Frond of Erua' in the western sector. The Frond of Erua was depicted as a goddess holding a palm-frond - a motif that still occasionally appears in much later depictions of Virgo.
The Greeks and Romans associated Virgo with their goddess of wheat, Demeter-Ceres who is the mother of Proserpina-Persephone. Alternatively, she was sometimes identified as the virgin goddess Iustitia or Astraea, holding the scales of justice in her hand as the constellation Libra. In the Middle Ages, Virgo was sometimes associated with the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Η ελληνική Βικιπαίδεια πάντως, αυτή τη φορά εκπλήσσει· έχει πολύ περισσότερες πληροφορίες για τον αστερισμό της Παρθένου, ενώ η τουρκική Vikipedi υποθέτω πως έχει μόνο τη μετάφραση του αγγλικού λήμματος.