QADIMGI DINIY E’TIQODLARDA AYOL SIYMOSI

Mother Umay, Anahita, Great Goddess cult, female figure, figurines, child, animism, Zoroastrianism

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The Turan region, as a vast space covering Central Asia and adjacent regions, is located at one of the important crossroads of human history, and has been a place of interaction and cultural exchange of different peoples from the times before Christ to the present day. It is worth noting that, in addition to occupying a central place in the religious views of ancient societies, female cults played an important and multifaceted role in human life by seriously influencing their socio-spiritual structure. Based on these aspects, this article attempts to ethnographically reveal the roots of the views of the peoples of this region on the figure of women. Female figurines among the remains of the Paleolithic era, then the first buds of religion such as fetishism, animism, shamanism, and at the same time views on the figure of women in Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, and Islam were analyzed.