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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Auteurs: Baring, Anne (Auteur) ; Cashford, Jules (Auteur)
Type de support: Imprimé Livre
Langue:Anglais
Service de livraison Subito: Commander maintenant.
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Publié: London New York, N.Y Arkana 1993
Dans:Année: 1993
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Goddess / Femininity / Religion / History
B Mother goddess / Hieros gamos
Sujets non-standardisés:B Cultural Studies
B Women's Studies
B Goddesses
B Goddesses in art
Accès en ligne: Autorenbiografie (Verlag)
Verlagsangaben (Verlag)
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Résumé: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
Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. [725]-736) and index
ISBN:0140192921