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Reprinted from:
Honar Nameh
University of Art, Tehran
No. 16, Fall 2002
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Lady of
the Animals: Prehistoric
Figure
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History,
Culture
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The Figure of "Lady
of the Animals" has existed in the art of all old
societies. This figure reveals the relation of the
feminine force of goddesses, as the protector of
animals and and the creator pf loving creatures, to
animals.
The Lady of Animals also known by other titles, such
as "Mother Goddess", "Great
Mother"... points to the complexity of primitive
religions.
Apparently such figures date from the Paleolithic, but
reaching its peak from the Neolithic to the Bronze
Age.
A review to this figure, and its relationship
with the feminine force and mother goddess and goddesses from many lands along with the animal
that symbolizes it, dates back to the Paleolithic,
Old Europe, Chatal Huyuk and Minoan Crete.
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