Moldavite & The Mother Goddess
Moldavite also has a very rich history and has been revered throughout history and pre-history. At least 25,000 years ago, the ancient Neolithic people of Eastern Europe wore and crafted moldavite as spiritual talismans and amulets for good fortune and fertility. In 1908 by a workman named Johann Veran discovered a statue during excavations conducted by archaeologists Josef Szombathy, Hugo Obermaier and Josef Bayer at a paleolithic site near Willendorf, a village in Lower Austria. The statue was named the Venus of Willendorf and is believed to be the oldest image of a deity on Earth. The name Venus was used around this time period to indicate that it was an “immodest” goddess – having no connection to the Roman goddess of the same name. The figure was believed to be a fertility deity, speculated to be the Paleolithic Magna Mater or Great Mother Goddess of ancient people. What is less known about the discovery of this goddess is that in the same excavation they found many talismans, amulets and ritual knives crafted from Moldavite. The two seemed to share a significant link, indicating that it was most likely sacred to the fertility goddess.
