Pásztor Emília (szerk.): Sámánizmus és természethit régen és ma - Bajai dolgozatok 23. (Baja, 2019)

Peter Toth: Rituális tevékenység Szlovákiában a neolitikum és rézkor idején

Ritual practices in the Neolithic and Eneolithic in Slovakia

Fig. 10. A depiction of a pregnant woman on a vessel fragment from Hurbanovo-Bohatá, dated to the Zeliezovce group (after Brezinová - Pazinová 2011, tab. 2).

10. kép Terhes nő ábrázolása edénytöredéken, Hurbanovo-Bohatá, Zseliz csoport.

Vessels in the form of a highly stylized human body were used as offerings in child burials of the Lengyel culture in Svodin (fig. 11). A human head is symbolized by ring carination on the neck of the vessel. Two breast-like knobs depict gender on the maximum carination of the vessel, and upper limbs are erected in the form of an adoration gesture. Hands can be formed realistically (palm with fingers) or can depict an action (hands carrying a vessel; Pavúk 1981, 42-43).

A depiction of a human body on vessels gradually declines in the Eneolithic. During the Epilengyel anthropomorphic elements are reduced to a pair of breast-like knobs on a vat (Pavúk 1981, 45). So-called gynekomorphic vessels are known from the Baden culture, and they continue old Neolithic traditions. Their characteristic feature is a pair of (full or hollow) breasts placed on the carination of the vessel. The main decoration element on these vessels is simple or multiple bands or channels in the form

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