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April 10, 2013
Yoni by ~UnripeHamadryad

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Yoni

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Watercolour. Inspired by the beautiful Zoe Jakes.

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A few words about this painting, since so many of you are asking me about the symbolic meaning.
As you may know, Yoni is one of the most primeval forms of the goddess. She represents the origin of life, the womb or "secred temple" in Hindu philosophy, the creative force of the Shakti/Devi. She's doing a "yoni mudra" with her hands (a symbolic hindu gesture that represents the woman's vulva and the primal female energies) and behind her you can see the moon phases which represent the female fertility. In this case the antlers contribute to convey the idea of the fertile uterus (just look at a picture representing the uterus, you can actually see the "horns"). Studying archaeology I noticed that from the neolithic period (and even before, if we think about the paintings in the Chauvet Cave in France - upper paleolithic) the female archetype is frequently associated with horns and bucraniums (Marija Gimbutas wrote an interesting essay about this).
And yes, it's very Mucha-ish! I love Mucha, I've visited his museum in Prague a few weeks ago and it was mesmerizing! : )
Image size
1764x2832px 4.85 MB
Make
Canon
Model
MP210 series
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Hello! For years I have been fascinated by this drawing and I'm really happy I found it here 😍

Since I'm (obviously) Mucha's fan too and being attracted to this kind of stuff, you may eventually like some stuff at my profile. Blessings 🍀