{"id":3922473,"date":"2025-10-22T19:03:27","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T00:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/are-the-mysterious-dogu-figurines-depictions-of-ancient-astronauts\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T19:03:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T00:03:27","slug":"are-the-mysterious-dogu-figurines-depictions-of-ancient-astronauts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/are-the-mysterious-dogu-figurines-depictions-of-ancient-astronauts\/","title":{"rendered":"Are The Mysterious Dogu Figurines Depictions Of Ancient Astronauts?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The so-called Dogu are relatively small humanoid figures made at the end of the J\u014dmon period (14,000-400 BC) in Japan. The curious figurines have a number of strange characteristics that make them some of the most unique pieces of ancient art on the surface of the planet.<\/p>\n

What do the Dogu have that makes them so mysterious?<\/p>\n

Well, if you look at them, they kinda\u2019 resemble some sort of humanoid wearing a suit? Maybe a spacesuit? The figurines are depicted with helmets or goggles. They are also depicted having strangely shaped \u2018elongated\u2019 heads, and some of them have almond shaped eyes. The eyes are nearly always depicted disproportionally in relation to the body.<\/p>\n

The most interesting part perhaps is the fact that the Dogu Figurines are meant to represent the \u2018Gods\u2019.<\/p>\n

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Shak\u014dki-dog\u016b\u00a0(\u906e\u5149\u5668\u571f\u5076) (1000\u2013400 BCE), \u201cgoggle-eyed type\u201d figurine.\u00a0Tokyo National Museum<\/a>,\u00a0Japan. Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons<\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Most Dogu figures have breasts, small waist, and large eyes and are considered by many to be representations of goddesses. Many have a large abdomen associated with a pregnancy, suggesting that the Jomon considered them to be mother goddesses.<\/p>\n

According to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, these figures \u201csuggest an association with fertility and shamanic rites.\u201d<\/p>\n

Made of clay, these figures take on many fascinating forms.<\/p>\n

The Dogu tend to have large faces, small arms, hands, and a compact body. Some seem to wear glasses or have \u201cheart-shaped\u201d faces.<\/p>\n

Most have marks on their faces, chests, and shoulders. Nearly all of the Dogu figures have been discovered in graves or stone circles, indicating through the location they were discovered in, some sort of religious or shamanistic use.<\/p>\n

Experts have identified four types of Dogu figurines:<\/p>\n