Ancient Goddess

[Middleagedseeker]

greetings! I was curious if anybody out there worships the Venus of willendorf as their goddess?

[Xiao Rong]

Hmm. I was under the impression that the Venus of Willendorf is a specific figurine/statue potentially based off a prehistoric Earth Mother figure - a representation of a deity, but not necessarily a deity herself?

[Isis3Anubis]

I thought she was a fertility fetish I suppose she could have been prayed to for children?

[Xiao Rong]

There's a theory that she could have simply been a fertility fetish, who may not necessarily have been worshipped; there's also the theory that she may have been a self portrait of a pregnant woman in prehistoric times (it looks pretty similar to what a pregnant woman would see looking down at her own body at a time with limited access to mirrors).

[loona wynd]

Hmm. I was under the impression that the Venus of Willendorf is a specific figurine/statue potentially based off a prehistoric Earth Mother figure - a representation of a deity, but not necessarily a deity herself?

That was my understanding too. I don't know if they even had names for Gods back then. I think she was meant to be a pregnant goddess showing fertility to the world. The most obvious visualization of fertility is a women pregnant with their child. So I can see how that would make them a fertility spirit or being.

There is definitely energy associated with those statues. If you want to worship it go for it.

[Lillady]

I am with Xiao on this one. I have been studying for 20 years now and I have never heard of her being a Goddess (please do not take offense). Venus was simply a figurine that people enjoy to decorate with. I do not find anything wrong in following it if that is what you want but just never heard of her being a deity is all.