女神文明:前父权制欧洲的宗教

根据在欧亚大陆的考古新材料,可以看出,“前父权制欧洲的女神宗教”,特别是公元前7000-公元前3000年间的新石器时代宗教特征:集中关注生命的轮转再生即循环:包括人的出生、养育、成长、死亡和再生,以及谷物耕种和动物饲养。当时人崇拜某个或多个女神。女神以各种各样的化身出现,贯穿于生命的每一方面。围绕着女神而形成一种复杂的人像雕塑和化身动物象征系统。

Goddess Civilization:The Prehistoric Reiligion of Europe

As a professional archeologist,Marija Gimbatus agues that there was a pan-goddess civilization according to the new findings of the 20th century archeology in Euro-Asia continent,especially between the time of 7000-3000BC in the stone age.The goddess religion took the life circle as its main concerns,such as birth,growth,death and resurrection,and its main symbols such as plants and animals(eagle,owl,bear,pig,frog and so on).