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The Seated Woman of Çatalhöyük (also Çatal Höyük) is a baked-clay, nude female form seated between feline-headed arm-rests. It is generally thought [ 2 ] to depict a corpulent and fertile Mother goddess [ 3 ] in the process of giving birth while seated on her throne, which has two hand rests in the form of feline (lioness, leopard, or ...
Possible depiction of a Sun goddess with a child; 15–13th BCE. The Sun goddess of Arinna, also sometimes identified as Arinniti or as Wuru(n)šemu, [1] is the chief Goddess of Hittite mythology. Her companion is the weather god Tarḫunna. She protected the Hittite kingdom and was called the "Queen of all lands."
A goddess suckling a toddler and seated in the wicker chair characteristic of Gallo-Roman goddesses (2nd or 3rd century, Bordeaux) Lucina as a title of the birth goddess is usually seen as a metaphor for bringing the newborn into the light (lux, lucis). [59] Luces, plural ("lights"), can mean "periods of light, daylight hours, days."
Artimpasa was the Scythian variant of the Iranian goddess Arti (𐬀𐬭𐬙𐬌)/Aṣ̌i (𐬀𐬴𐬌), who was a patron of fertility and marriage and a guardian of laws who represented material wealth in its various forms, including [1] domestic animals, precious objects, and a plentiful descendance.
Half-length paintings of the Madonna and Child are also common in Italian Renaissance painting, particularly in Venice. The seated "Madonna and Child" is a style of image that became particularly popular during the 15th century in Florence and was imitated elsewhere. These representations are usually of a small size suitable for a small altar ...
Terracotta plaque of a seated goddess, possibly Nanaya, from Girsu. Kassite period. Ancient Orient Museum, Istanbul. First texts mentioning Nanaya come from the period of Shulgi's reign. [49] She is attested in the administrative texts from Puzrish-Dagan, where she is among the 12 deities who received offerings the most frequently. [4]
[4] [7] The statue is made of carved and polished granite and depicts the goddess in a seated position holding only an ankh in her left hand, and stands at a height of about 6 feet (184 cm). [ 2 ] The Statue of Sekhmet can be found on Level 3 of the ROM in the Galleries of Africa: Egypt, where close to 2,000 objects from the ROM's Egyptian ...
The exact role in cult and the purpose of the votive figures is unclear. It has been suggested that the figures represent a mother/fertility goddess, sacred prostitutes, or were charms to protect women during pregnancy. [3] Dea Gravida figures have occasionally been found together with a statue of a bearded male wearing an Atef crown. [4]