Bird goddess

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The Burney Relief, ca. 1950 BC.
The Burney Relief, ca. 1950 BC.

The term Bird goddess was coined by Marija Gimbutas with relation to Neolithic Europe. The Vinca culture, in particular, had a bird goddess. Griffen (2005) even claims to have discovered a sign for the bird goddess in the Vinča signs.

Later goddesses with associations with birds include Nut and Athena [1] and perhaps Circe.

Gimbutas also identified a "Lady of the Beasts" (the female analogon of Pashupati), a bear goddess and a snake goddess.

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[edit] Literature

  • Gimbutas, Marija and Campbell, Joseph, The Language of the Goddess, Thames & Hudson (2001) ISBN 0-500-28249-8


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