CORRELATION OF THE TRANSFORMATION OF FERTILITY SYMBOLS IN THE ERA OF THE NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION
Artistic works as an element of the global culture of society in any epoch served as a reflection of social processes and phenomena. One of the first artistic images that emerged with the birth of civilization were the symbols of fertility. This image has been preserved to this day in all cultures. However, over the long years of the history of human civilization, it has undergone a number of changes and transformations. This article examines one of these transformations and provides its historical justification, namely, the transformation of images of goddesses with snakes, which occurred during the transition from gathering to agriculture.