Formation of Female Deity Archetype in Arts and Crafts of Ukraine

Abstract

The article investigates the origins and analyses the semantics of the sacred female figure of a womangoddess in the context of arts and crafts of archaic cultures in Ukraine. The connection between
the religious beliefs and images of stylized female figures on the pottery of the Cucuteni-Trypillian
culture and in the toreutics of Scythia.
Key words: arts and crafts, Cucuteni-Trypillia, Scythia, ornaments, archetype, image of woman.