File:Heart-symbol-vulva-shape-hypothesis-illustration.svg

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An illustration of the fairly widely-held hypothesis (which the image author personally neither agrees with nor disagrees with) that the shape of the Western abstract "heart" or "love" symbol originally represented, or has been influenced by, the form of human female genitals (or a stylized depiction thereof). This image is self-made, partially loosely influenced by the image formerly on page http://geocities.com/womansculpture/heart_yoni.htm linked from http://geocities.com/womansculpture/gallerythree.htm (see also photograph Image:Womans_vulva.jpg).

Compare Image:Vulva_symbols.svg , Image:Vulva-handsign-Yoni-mudra.svg.

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current14:28, 6 October 2011Thumbnail for version as of 14:28, 6 October 2011628 × 600 (2 KB)AnonMoosadjusting margins
21:51, 1 November 2007Thumbnail for version as of 21:51, 1 November 2007632 × 600 (2 KB)AnonMoosAn illustration of the fairly widely-held hypothesis (which the image author personally neither agrees with nor disagrees with) that the shape of the Western abstract "heart" or "love" symbol originally represented, or has been influenced by, the form of
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Width 628
Height 600
Short title Abstract stylized heart-vulva shape comparison symbol
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