Lynn Smythe
Book Review - Ancient Goddesses
November 24th 2007 19:04
Ancient Goddesses
Ancient Goddesses; The Myths and The Evidence. Edited by Lucy Goodison and Christine Morris. Hardcover, 224 pages, b/w illustrations and photographs. Published by The University of Wisconsin Press, 1998. This book provides an academic look into the ancient goddess cultures of various regions throughout the world.
From the inside flap:
"The idea of a Mother Goddess or Earth Goddess has become a rallying-point for those weary of male-oriented religions and concerned about human destruction of the natural world."
Chapters include:
Goddesses of the Ancient Near east
Goddesses in Early Israelite Religion
The Earlist Goddesses of Egypt
From Athena to Zeus
A Mother Goddess in North-West Europe
Some Gallo-British Goddesses
Available from Amazon.com.
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