1. Modern Views Of The Prehistoric Venus Figurine
... are always portrayed as a nude female with very large breasts, large buttocks, and an enlarged abdomen, suggesting that she is pregnant. For the most part they were sculpted out of stone, and perhaps had some red paint or dye on them which represented the menstruation of a woman. The people of the Paleolithic era were hunters and gathers, thus lending to their ... what it represents, and the powers that are supposedly held by it. Because of Wiccan beliefs pertaining to Mother Earth being the bearer of life the sculpture would represent something sacred and important to them. Ancient art...
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