Origin of Magatama Forms
Archaeologists and historians are unable yet to explain what the origins of magatama forms are, or whether these forms can be traced back to one convergent source. However, these alternative explanations have been provided:
- Magatama may be fashioned after animal fangs/teeth
- Magatama may be modeled after the shape of fetuses
- Magatama could symbolize the shape of the soul
- Magatama may be modeled after the shape of the moon
- That there is meaning and connotation attached to the shape of the magatama itself (i.e. meaning comes from the form itself, and not that magatama has been patterned after anything else)
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