The Position of Women and the Mother Goddess in the Culture and Ideology of the People of Kurdistan

Spirituality and religious status of women in Kurdistan also have different aspects. For centuries, the goddess of his mother, and his holiness, which is a symbol of the respect and importance of women, is in the midst of Kurdish culture and worldview.
The cultural zone of Kurdistan is the land of the first religions and abstract systems which, in their dawnings, have been mixed with feminine characteristics and the honoring of the mother goddess. The position in Kurdistan in this regard has two contradictory facets: in the literature and the present social system, we can observe a patriarchal system and ideology to some extent. Studying the religious roots of Kurdish culture, however, we can observe the evidence for the maternal system, the sanctity of goddesses, and consequently the spiritual and powerful position of the woman. Among the characteristics of all the material and immaterial works surrounding the woman and the mother goddess is their strong symbolic and abstract nature. These symbols have mixed features and have evolved over the ages, and today they comprise the main sources of the rich literature and traditional arts of the Kurds.