Bucranium = Uterus Painting

A bucranium is a bull's head and horns. Bucrania have been found in shrines at Catalhoyuk, one the oldest cities ever to be excavated. Dorothy Cameron interpreted the bucrania at Catalhoyuk as a "symbol of life and regeneration--essentially a female symbol, representing the divine power of the female reproductive system." Marija Gimbutas writes, "the key to understanding Neolithic renditions of the bull's head and horns (bucranium in archaeological literature) comes through their resemblance to the female uterus and fallopian tubes." Besides the bucrania from Shine E VI, other images at Catalhoyuk show female torsos with bucranium in the position of the uterus and fallopian tubes. Gimbutas writes that the bull represents new life reborn or the Goddess herself. Yesterday, I read an analysis of the ancient Hebrew word for god. It is made up of the symbols lam and aleph, a shepherds staff and a bucranium. The author, Janet Rudolph argues that this is most likely a feminine glyph. ❤️❤️ And Wikipedia's uterus diagram labels the horns. Clearly god is a woman. The layout of bucrania in my painting is based on a drawing of a reconstruction of Shrine E VI at the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in a 2007 article by Joan Relke.

Painting:Acrylic on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:11 W x 14 H x 0 D in

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