Women, Venus and Magic

"In the beginning, god was a woman."
- Mary Kilbourne Matossian

Probably Inanna.  Sumerian.  c. 2,000 BCE.
http://www.alphabetvsgoddess.com/images/innana.jpg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Venus or Woman of Willendorf.  4 3/8” high.  25,000 – 20,000 BCE.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Venus_of_Willendorf_right.jpg
Venus or Woman of Willendorf.  4 3/8” high.  25,000 – 20,000 BCE.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Possible Moravian Hairstyles
http://www.iabrno.cz/agalerie/pavlova.htm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Venus or Woman of Willendorf. 
4 3/8” high.  25,000 – 20,000 BCE.
pregnant woman
http://wellroundedmama.blogspot.com/2011/05/honoring-our-bellies-month-healing.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Woman of Willendorf and the Venus of Lespuge,
Mammoth ivory, Height 7 13/16".
Duane Preble, Sarah Preble and Patrick Frank, Artforms.
(Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2002) 7th ed., 255.
Venus of Dolni Vestonice 29,000 - 25,000 BCE. Ceramic.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Woman of Catal Huyuk. c. 6000 BCE.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Humans were rarely depicted in paleolithic cave paintings, but statues of women
are plentiful around the world from the neolithic to the ancient periods.  Why?
The Venus Figurines
More on "Venus Figurines"

Venus of Hohle Fels.  40,000 – 33,000 BCE.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Venus-of-Schelklingen.jpg

Female Figure found at Catal Huyuk.  c. 6000 BCE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Idol from Amorgos

Idol from Amorgos.  30” high.  2500 – 2300 BCE.

Snake Goddess

Snake Goddess from Knossos. c. 1650 BCE.
http://kathyreba.com/_gallery/d/498-2/02_20The_20snake_20goddess.jpg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Why Venus?

Raquel Welch in One Million Years B.C.
http://thebigwhatsit.co.uk/wp-content/welchr.jpg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

eurocentism = centered on Europe or the Europeans; reflecting a tendency to interpret the world in terms of western and especially European or Anglo-American values and experiences

Venus de Milo  c. 130 - 100 BCE
http://www.sailingissues.com/greekislands/cyclades/venus-de-milo.jpg
sexism = attitudes or behavior based on traditional stereotypes of sexual roles
 
heterosexism = a system of negative attitudes, bias, and discrimination in favor of heterosexuality and relationships that can include the presumption that everyone is heterosexual or that opposite-sex attractions and relationships are the norm and therefore superior