“Fertility is only one among the Goddess’s many functions. It is inaccurate to call Paleolithic and Neolithic images ‘fertility goddesses,’ as is still done in archeological literature. Earth fertility became a prominent concern only in the food producing era; hence it is not a primary function of the Goddess and has nothing to do with sexuality. The goddesses were mainly life creators, not Venuses or beauties, and most definitely not wives of male gods.”
