The myth of the goddess: evolution of an image
Foreword / by Sir Laurens Van Der Post -- Pt. I. The mother goddess and her son-lover. In the beginning: The Palaeolithic mother goddess ; The Neolithic great goddess of sky, earth and waters ; Crete: The goddess of life, death and regeneration ; The Bronze Age: The mother goddess and her son-lover...
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Format: | Print Book |
Language: | English |
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London New York, N.Y
Arkana
1993
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In: | Year: 1993 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Goddess
/ Femininity
/ Religion
/ History
B Mother goddess / Hieros gamos |
Further subjects: | B
Cultural Studies
B Women's Studies B Goddesses B Goddesses in art |
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Summary: | Foreword / by Sir Laurens Van Der Post -- Pt. I. The mother goddess and her son-lover. In the beginning: The Palaeolithic mother goddess ; The Neolithic great goddess of sky, earth and waters ; Crete: The goddess of life, death and regeneration ; The Bronze Age: The mother goddess and her son-lover ; Inanna-Ishtar: Mesopotamian goddess of the great above and the great below ; Isis of Egypt: Queen of heaven, earth and underworld ; Tiamat of Babylon: The defeat of the goddess ; Goddesses of Greece: Gaia, Hera, Artemis and Athena -- Pt. II. The sacred marriage. Goddesses of Greece: Aphrodite, Demeter and Persephone ; Cybele: Great goddess of Anatolia and Rome ; The Iron Age: The great father god Yahweh-Elohim ; The hidden goddess in the Old Testament ; Eve: The mother of all living ; Mary: The return of the goddess ; Sophia: Mother, daughter and bride ; The sacred marriage of goddess and god: The reunion of nature and spirit -- Appendix 1: Prehistoric times -- Appendix 2: The Christian Gospels |
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Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [725]-736) and index |
ISBN: | 0140192921 |