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WHEN THE GODDESSES RULED - CATAL HOYUK

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Around 6000 B.C., in Europe and in particular Anatolia, it is purported
that women reigned supreme in religion, law and custom. Female
sovereignity is thought to have ended with the development of using
metals for the making of weapons.

Is this possible? Is it likely that during a period of history that is
not well known that women were once the sovereigns? Lithuanian-American
historian, Marija Gimbutas, says "yes". According to Marija, prior to
today's male dominated society, especially during 6000 B.C., it was
likely that a society where women were the dominant sex existed. That
period was perhaps one where Mother Goddess' ruled. In the world of
archeology and ethnology, there is no evidence to suggest that humankind
ever experienced this kind of period. Despite this, Marija Gimbutas is
adamant that period existed. In her 1989 text, Goddess' Language, Marija
attempts to prove this.

During prehistoric times, it is known that the female form was prefered
far more in the making of statues. This is also true of the
Palaeolithic, and later, periods. In archaeology, innumerable Venus
statues have been found while only a handful of Adonis statues have been
found. 30,000 year old cave paintings depict female genitalia. The
primary object of Neolithic art was also the female form. In Anatolia
and Europe - the cradle of civilisation - statues and paintings of women
have been found. Men appear to have been pushed aside, perhaps planning
their dominance over the world.

In an excavation project that Marija Gimbutas participated in, she
describes how they discovered a temple which contained groups of fifteen
fired clay statues, from 6000 B.C., of women. In the west of Ukrania, a
temple from 5000 B.C. was found with thirty-two female statues. Also, in
Moldivia, a statue, belonging to 4000 B.C., of a pregnant woman clasping
her belly was discovered. The most important support for Marija
Gimbutas' thesis came from a finding in Catal Hoyuk. On the hills of
Catal Hoyuk, an alter and temple from 7000 - 6000 B.C. were discovered.
On the walls are paintings depicting hunting and burial scenes. The
paintings also show large vultures observing a group of headless men. In
the alter and temple a number of statues of overweight women were found.
In one of the temples a grain container yielded a 12 cm statue of a
large woman sitting on a throne with two leopards on either side of her.
The statue depicts the woman giving birth, with the head of the baby
visible. Apart from leopards and vultures, bulls also are found at the
side of the Mother Goddess. On wall paintings only the heads of bulls
are depicted.

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