Classical

Own goddess

The mother goddess enthroned the numerous representations of women with children, for whom a visual tradition from Bronze Age to Roman times can be detected in Cyprus, are closely linked to the cult of fertility of the paphical Aphrodite.The statuettes of a sitting woman who has been particularly popular since archaic time who breastfeeds or keeps a toddler on her lap are mostly interpreted as pictures of a maternal-nutrient goddess, the so-called courotrophos.As mass products, these votive gifts are an expression of a religious folk art.Bernhard-Walcher and others, the Cypricer Antique Collection in the KHM.Collection catalogs of the KHM Vol. 2, Vienna 1999 H. 18,8 cm, B. 11,2 cm, D. 2,7 cm