Think about what you said for a moment. The Moslems, who are catastrophically wrong about nearly everything, share your view on the topic. Not exactly the best endorsement. And nothing wrong with holding Mary in high esteem, I just don’t see her as a deity I can or should go through.
And the greatest mockery I see of Mary is when Catholics see her in tree stumps, caves, tortillas, and pancakes.
The bleetings be upon him prophet of Islam most likely stole some of the beliefs of area Christians and put them in the Koran. Nestorianism was very influential in that area in his time and that explains the Koran’s writing that Jesus was only a prophet and not God himself. This borrowing from Christianity also explains the esteem in which the Virgin Mary is held.