Are we sure this figure represented an ancient Mother Goddess?

No. That's a best guess. She could have been most anything, but there is no real evidence to prove that these objects, found all over, were objects of worship, and certainly not worship of motherhood. But it makes a good story. Soomers in Real Space does an excellent b of explaining one plausible theoyr of the meaning of these Paleolithic women figures. Up soon. jeanne

What would Arnold the Red say?

No truth is absolute. There is much that we do not know, and then we make up stories. Feels good. Makes us feel secure, as when President Bush keeps assuring us that the Republicans are protecting us, as though protection of a nation-state were all that simple.