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  1. Jun 2025
    1. Clearly, the Paleolithic sculptor who made this small figurine would never have named it the Venus of Willendorf. Venus was the name of the Roman goddess of love and ideal beauty. When discovered outside the Austrian village of Willendorf, scholars mistakenly assumed that this figure was likewise a goddess of love and beauty. There is absolutely no evidence though that the Venus of Willendorf shared a function similar to its classically inspired namesake.

      There might not be any evidence that the Venus of Willendorf symbolized a the goddess Venus, however given its Paleolithic time, I would suggest people still used it as a symbol that embodied more than fertility. "Thoughts- then its still a totem