Soapstone Venus

Question: Have you guys got any opinons or thoughts on what kind of figure the prehistoric Venus Figurines might have represented? A Titan of some sort, I assume.

I'm sure most of us have seen Venus figurines before, but here's (arguably) the most famous one, the Venus of Willendorf:

There are myriad Venus figurines, found in various prehistoric sites all over Europe; the name's a reference to the fact that they're generally thought to represent an image of female beauty and sexuality, or perhaps an ancient diety associated with the same.

As far as what the figurines might represent, however, nobody really has the faintest idea (which I'm sure is what prompted this question!). They're truly prehistoric, which means we have nothing but sparse archaeological remains to tell us about the people who made them, no language or reliable art to suggest a religion, and basically no way of ever knowing if these statues represented a goddess, an abstract concept, or were even involved in a religion at all.

As always in Scion, there's a conundrum of what to do with prehistoric religions - we can assume that they must have existed and even come up with things their long-gone gods have been doing, but it would all be pure invention since we have literally no prehistoric mythology to base it on. If you consider the Venus figurines to be relics of one of these bygone prehistoric religions, they may be representations of some goddess that no longer exists, or who has sunk so far away from the consciousness of the world that no Scion will ever run into her. They might also be simple religious effigies, offerings for fertility or small protective charms; they don't have to be related to a deity at all, and might be considered artifacts of a time when humanity existed without worshiping gods and did not enjoy their attention as much as they do now.

But I agree with you, question-asker - Titan is probably the way to go. The Titans are pretty much the first, primordial deities whose existence and worship predates that of the current gods, so it's not a stretch at all to assume that they were the reigning deities of the prehistoric world. The Venuses' bulging hips, ample breasts and frequent lack of personality features suggest a primordial mother figure, someone revered for fertility and birth; Gaia, Ki, Danu, Jord and other ancient earth-mother figures are good candidates. Modern anthropologists tend to look at the Venuses in terms of a single representative figure, but different prehistoric cultures across Europe and Asia might have made similar totems for different mother goddesses, so nobody's forced to fall down the well of comparative mythology. You could also consider them to be ancient images of more current mother-goddesses like Mokosh or Demeter, though we think Titans make more sense for the prehistoric era.

Using Venus figurines and other prehistoric artifacts as possible relics or connections to once-worshiped Titans might be a good place for some interesting plot hooks for young Scions, who have to find them and get them away from humanity, prevent them from activating or giving said Titans power, or struggle with the fact that they provide really tasty bonuses despite their unsavory origins.