The reflection of the female body on figurines has been seen for 30,000-35,000years old. Since the role of men was unknown in this age, women who brought a new life to the world were positioned in a higher place in minds.

Women were depicted with large breasts, large hips and exaggerated genitals. The existence of the new life form may have carried the woman to a place of divinity, and therefore she became the dominant figure of magical acts to increase fertility and abundance. With all these, the woman's body was imagined more emphatically in the minds and materialized in figurines and wall paintings. There are very few female figures in Anatolia between 10,000-7500 BC. Masculinity is very dominant, especially within the cultural circle, which includes places such as Göbekli Tepe and Karahan Tepe on the Upper Euphrates Tigris Line.

Phallus culture and its existence become more prominent. When we come to the Çatal Höyük line, that is, around 7000 BC, depictions of women made of terracotta are again emphasized with their exaggerated body lines, sitting on a throne with a leopard on either side. Some of them are also processed plainly with exaggerated body lines. Within this historical context, female depictions and idols can be seen in many places. The emphasis that the figures here are mother goddesses should be approached with a question mark.

There is data that women's heads were deliberately broken and changed, and these may be a struggle for an elite understanding to come to the fore in the rituals. Large breasts may not symbolize abundance, but perhaps an elite and powerful woman of a certain age. It is a situation of more worldly concerns rather than otherworldly concerns.

Finally, there are many female statuettes and idols that have different roles over the course of thousands of years, and linearly assigning goddess characteristics to all of them takes us to a problematic place. The function of the leopard woman seems to be different, I wonder if her divinity is dominant? Because, thousands of years later, there are Matar Kubileya depictions on the same prototype. In my opinion, it is better to accept a narrative that is open to change, rather than emphasizing the mother goddess directly with presuppositions.

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