Worship of the mother gods from the Neolithic period in Iran, Tiba Sarab, 7000-6100, before history
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الآلهة الأم, التماثيل, الخصوبة, الزراعةAbstract
The study focuses on one of the most important religious issues, which formed an important axis in the development of religious beliefs among the human Stone Age, as the mother gods were one of the religious subjects that occupied the thought of the Neolithic person during the discovery of agriculture, and in order to search for a way I think they can meet His daily needs of agricultural crops prepared a group of statues that depict a fat woman symbolizing fertility, (mother gods), and that the study of the Tiba Sarab site, which dates back to the Neolithic period in Iran since 7000-6100 before history, is surrounded by the worship of the mother gods, as it was found In it on a group of human statues that represented those deities.
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