La Diosa de los Lobos
"Wolf-Goddess" of La Umbria de Salchite
Some suggest that this is a male figure,
but note the hips wider than shoulders.
The deity's arms terminate in wolf-heads.
Silver offering plate with repoussée wolf-head.
The inlaid design around it shows an enthroned deity flanked by boars and approached by a worshipper.
At upper left is a crouching figure
that resembles a shiela-na-gig.Tavissa, Tarragona, northeast Spain.
A sketch of the plate shows more detail.
The enthroned deity resembles the limestone goddesses
such as la Dama de Baza, whose throne has the same lion-feet. Here the goddess holds what appears to be a fruit. The artist has rendered the crouching figure as masculine, but this pose is commonly associated with naked goddesses.
A stone relief from the Pozo Moro
funerary monument shows animal
spirits banqueting in the underworld.
