Images redrawn by Susan Baylies with permission from Marija Gimbutas; from her excellent book, The Goddesses and Gods of Old Europe, University of California Press, 1982. |
Yugoslavia, 5000 B.C. Classical Vinca water bird. | Yugoslavia, 6000 B.C. Early Vinca pottery lid. | Greece, 2000 B.C. Minoan Goddess painted on leg of altar table. | Macedonia, 5200 B.C. Early Vinca head of Bird Goddess. |
Soviet Moldavia, 4000 B.C. Late Cucuteni terracotta figurine | Western Ukraine, 5500 B.C. Cucuteni Snake or Bird Goddess | Syros, 3000 B.C. Cycladic marble figurine. | Hacilar, Anatolia, 6000 B.C. Goddess holding leopard cub. |
East Balkan civilization, 4500 B.C. Bull vase or oil lamp. | East Balkan civilization, 4500 B.C. Goddess holding pan-pipe. |