The Goddess in the form of a bird, from Vadastra, Rumania. 4500-5000 B.C. Note the maze or meander pattern, ancient pedigree of the Labyrinth of Crete. Photo: Erich Lessing/Art Resource, NY.
Goddess. One name by which we of modern times identify the feminine supreme power worshipped by early humankind.

The Goddess in the form of a bird, from Vadastra, Rumania. 4500-5000 B.C. Note the maze or meander pattern, ancient pedigree of the Labyrinth of Crete. Photo: Erich Lessing/Art Resource, NY.
Goddess. One name by which we of modern times identify the feminine supreme power worshipped by early humankind.