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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 ...
Seated woman of Çatalhöyük flanked by two lionesses. The Potnia Theron (Ancient Greek: Ἡ Πότνια Θηρῶν, romanized: Hē Pótnia Therón, lit. 'The Lady of Animals', [1] [hɛː pót.ni.a tʰɛː.rɔ̂ːn]) or Mistress of Animals is a widespread [not verified in body] motif in ancient art from the Mediterranean world and the ancient Near East, showing a central human, or human ...
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]
Artemis (seated and wearing a radiate crown), the beautiful nymph Callisto (left), Eros and other nymphs. Antique fresco from Pompeii. In Greek mythology, Callisto (/ k ə ˈ l ɪ s t oʊ /; Ancient Greek: Καλλιστώ Ancient Greek pronunciation: [kallistɔ̌ː]) was a nymph, or the daughter of King Lycaon; the myth varies in such details.
The earliest Phliasians named the goddess to whom the sanctuary belongs Ganymeda; but later authorities call her Hebe, whom Homer mentions in the duel between Menelaos (Menelaus) and Alexandros (Alexander), saying that she was the cup-bearer of the gods; and again he says, in the descent of Odysseus to Haides, that she was the wife of Heracles.
Cybele enthroned, with lion, cornucopia, and mural crown.Roman marble, c. 50 AD.Getty Museum. Cybele (/ ˈ s ɪ b əl iː / SIB-ə-lee; [1] Phrygian: Matar Kubileya, Kubeleya "Kubeleya Mother", perhaps "Mountain Mother"; [2] Lydian: Kuvava; Greek: Κυβέλη Kybélē, Κυβήβη Kybēbē, Κύβελις Kybelis) is an Anatolian mother goddess; she may have a possible forerunner in the ...
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Ningal (Sumerian: "Great Queen"; [2] Akkadian Nikkal [3]) was a Mesopotamian goddess regarded as the wife of the moon god, Nanna/Sin. She was particularly closely associated with his main cult centers, Ur and Harran, but they were also worshiped together in other cities of Mesopotamia.