"The spiral is a representation of the snake, which is an archetype for the cyclical mode of life. The spiral first arrived as a symbol on pottery in 7th millennium south-eastern Europe. Spirals will sometimes have life branch out from them in the form of leaves and branches, like those of the megalith temples from Malta (3000 B.C.) Spirals are often located on uniquely feminine body parts in figurines such as the breasts and uterus. The hook is a shortened version of the spiral and can be found on megalithic tombs of western Europe. Symbols of the moon and lunar cycle are found with snake coils, owl-shaped figurines, and bull's horns, lin"king them all together under the Goddess. "
Borrowed judiciously from:
http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~gloria/Goddess.html
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