The idea of a Mother or Earth Goddess has become a rallying-point for a generation weary of male-oriented religions. But is the idea of Goddess at the dawn of civilization a historical fact, or just consoling fiction? In this text, historians and archaeologists speak about this topic. From predynastic Egypt to classical Greece and early North West Europe to the Celts, they review the most recent evidence.
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The idea of a Mother or Earth Goddess has become a rallying-point for a generation weary of male-oriented religions. But is the idea of Goddess at the dawn of civilization a historical fact, or just consoling fiction? In this text, historians and archaeologists speak about this topic. From predynastic Egypt to classical Greece and early North West Europe to the Celts, they review the most recent evidence.
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Condition: as new. London : British Museum Press, 1998. Hardcover. Dustjacket. 224 pp. illustrations, maps ; 25 cm - The idea of a Mother or Earth Goddess has become a rallying-point for a generation weary of male-oriented religions. But is the idea of Goddess at the dawn of civilization a historical fact, or just consoling fiction? In this text, historians and archaeologists speak about this topic. From predynastic Egypt to classical Greece and early North West Europe to the Celts, they review the most recent evidence. Contents : Rethinking figurines : a critical view from archeology of Gimbatus, the 'goddess' and popular culture / Ruth Tringham and Margaret Conkey -- Twin Peaks : the archaeologies of Catalhoyuk / Lynn Meskell -- Goddess of the ancient Near East 3000-1000 BC / Joan Goodnick Westenholz -- Goddesses in early Israelite religion / Karel van der Toorn -- The earliest goddesses of Egypt : divine mothers and cosmic bodies / Fekri A. Hassan -- Beyond the 'Great Mother' : the sacred world of the Minoans / Lucy Goodison and Christine Morris -- From Athena to Zeus : an A-Z guide to the origins of Greek goddesses / Mary E. Voyatzis -- God or goddess : the temple art of Ancient Malta / Caroline Malone -- a 'Mother goddess' in North-West Europe c. 4200-2500 BC? / Elizabeth Shee Twohig -- Some Gallo-British goddesses : iconography and meaning / Miranda J. Green. Condition : as new copy. ISBN 9780714117614. Keywords : MYTHOLOGY, Seller Inventory # 299227
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