They probably venerated totemic animals like Bulls and Mother Goddesses as symbols of fertility.
In Sardinia there are thousands neolithic tombs carved into the rocks, many of them decorated with bull heads. Also many statuettes of Mother Goddesses have been found throughout Sardinia and the Mediterranean sea, where traces of neolithic peoples have been found, like in Malta and in the Cycladic islands.
Ancient Sardinians also venerated holy sources, there are many temples build upon wells, where they probably practiced some cult. In the most famous Sacred Well, that of Santa Cristina, during the autumn equinox the sun rays descend the stairs at the entrance of the well, illuminating the well's chamber. While during few nights every year the moon rays enter through the hole at the top of the dome that covers the well's chamber illuminating the water basin, you can also see the reflex of the moon on the water.
Mother Goddesses statuettes
Sacred Well of Santa Cristina. Notice the shape, it looks like a stylized woman or a stylized uterus
Notice the shape of the well. The same stylized shape can be found in the symbol of Tanit, the Phoenician Goddess of fertility, and also in the Egyptian symbol "Ankh", known as the "key of life".
Symbols of Tanit
Egyptian Ankh
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