The principal form of magic was mimetic.
A type of magic where paleolithic humans would imitate an animal they were hunting in order to connect to its spirit and ensure success in hunting it.
Paleolithic people also used sympathetic or homeopathic; a magic where an act upon an object representing the animal would literally have an effect on the animal itself.
Thus clay figures and drawings of animals that have been found, which were presumably to aid success in hunting.
A constant supply of game for the hunt was crucial, and fertility magic was preformed to ensure it.
This usually involved depicting a females with offspring.
Clay models of bison in couples and a bull following a cow have also been found in France, and at La Madeleine there is a drawing showing a doe with a fawn.
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