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The Cult of the Great Mother in Copper Age Asia Minor

Title	The Cult of the Great Mother in Copper Age Asia Minor
Author	HANÇAR, FRANZ, Kinal, Füruzan
Publication Place	- Ankara: Turkish Historical Society Printing House
Subject	Belleten (Turkish Historical Society), 1945-04, Vol.9 (34), p.263-276
Type	Periodical
Language	eng,tur
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	The University of Leicester Library
Library Asset ID	ISSN: 0041-4255, DOI: 10.37879/ttkbelleten.1371267
Record ID	cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_5003d3e314a744adb057b07bd96c2c13
Library Location	DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
Notes	In a very ancient time of the geological age we live in, in the Near East, we find a settled lineage united by the magic of maternal apotheosis and land fertility, in which the social value of women was high, as an important economic factor, in which kinship by descent from a common maternal ancestor was current. We understand more clearly the remnants of this oldest proto-Asian mother cult, not only with the numerous stone or clay Mesopotamian female nude figures lifting their breasts with their hands or holding their child on their chest, which can be dated back to the 3rd or even the 4th millennium, but also with the characteristic outlines of the ancient Eastern spiritual life that gained importance in the following millennia, emerging from this root and leaving the mark of the ancient Eastern feature on the mentality, cult and art of its inhabitants.

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The Cult of the Great Mother in Copper Age Asia Minor

Author HANÇAR, FRANZ, Kinal, Füruzan

Publication Place - Ankara: Turkish Historical Society Printing House

Subject Belleten (Turkish Historical Society), 1945-04, Vol.9 (34), p.263-276

Type Periodical

Language eng,tur

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library The University of Leicester Library

Library Asset ID ISSN: 0041-4255, DOI: 10.37879/ttkbelleten.1371267

Record ID cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_5003d3e314a744adb057b07bd96c2c13

Library Location DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals

Notes In a very ancient time of the geological age we live in, in the Near East, we find a settled lineage united by the magic of maternal apotheosis and land fertility, in which the social value of women was high, as an important economic factor, in which kinship by descent from a common maternal ancestor was current. We understand more clearly the remnants of this oldest proto-Asian mother cult, not only with the numerous stone or clay Mesopotamian female nude figures lifting their breasts with their hands or holding their child on their chest, which can be dated back to the 3rd or even the 4th millennium, but also with the characteristic outlines of the ancient Eastern spiritual life that gained importance in the following millennia, emerging from this root and leaving the mark of the ancient Eastern feature on the mentality, cult and art of its inhabitants.