To the first function belong such images as the anthropomorphic and zoomorphic (deer, bear) Giver of Birth, Cosmic Creatrix and Giver-of-All in the form of water fowl and water fowl-woman hybrids and a serpent woman, as well as protectresses of young life (Nurse and Madonna images). The prehistoric Goddess of the Upper Palaeolithic and Neolithic essentially is a tri-functional goddess : Life-giver, Death, Death-wielder and Regenerator. The goddesses that we can reconstruct were mainly life-creatresses, not venuses or beauties, and most definitely not wives of male gods. It is inaccurate to call palaeolithic and neolithic goddesses "Fertility Goddesses." Fertility is not a primary function of the prehistoric Goddess Creatrix and has nothing to do with sexuality. Marija GIMBUTAS Los Angeles (USA) Introductionīefore discussing the Earth Fertility Goddess of the Neolithic and Copper Age of Europe, let us note here that fertility is only one among the Goddess1 many functions.
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