Neolithic symbol of the Great Goddess in Her guise as Mother of Magic, the butterfly, or chrysalid, is the symbol of divine ambivalence, transformation. She is a musician, often pictured with pan pipes. She possesses the secret of life; symbolism in Her honor features the yoni, ancient triangular symbol of womanhood, the womb. She brings new life after death, and is the patroness of reincarnation. As early as 6000 BCE Her symbol was the double axe, which when drawn looks like the wings of a butterfly. About 2000 BC, when the double headed axe actually came to be manufactured, this weapon became in Old European traditions the weapon of females, not males.In runic symbolism, butterflies represent frivolity, soul's ascent to immortality, freedom