Prehistoric double godess giving birth

Prehistoric double godess giving birth

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The stylistic canon of Accessories the steatopygic Upside-down Double Goddess giving birth has its roots in the Upper Paleolithic of Western Europe.Several instances point on the birth of a daughter.These representations strongly evoke the long lineage of women who gave birth before, and those who will give birth in the future.A focus is on the interpretation of the majestic, naked, corpulent and fertile post-Paleolithic Generatrix painted in red at the Ranaldi Shelter (Southern Italy) in the act of delivering a new life among a herd of stags.

I am in debt with Pastry Cutters Gheorghe Lazarovici for his inputs in reading and discussing the image.