The Gods and Goddesses of Old Europe: 7000 to 3500 BC Myths, Legends and Cult Images
Title | The Gods and Goddesses of Old Europe: 7000 to 3500 BC Myths, Legends and Cult Images PDF eBook |
Author | Marija Gimbutas |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 312 |
Release | 1974 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780520019959 |
“The” Gods and Goddesses of Old Europe
Title | “The” Gods and Goddesses of Old Europe PDF eBook |
Author | Marija Gimbutas |
Publisher | |
Pages | 303 |
Release | 1974 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
The Goddesses and Gods of Old Europe
Title | The Goddesses and Gods of Old Europe PDF eBook |
Author | Marija Gimbutas |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 308 |
Release | 2007-09 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780520253988 |
Originally published under the title: God and goddesses of Old Europe, 7000-3500 B.C.
The Gods and Goddesses of Old Europe
Title | The Gods and Goddesses of Old Europe PDF eBook |
Author | Marija Alseikaitue Gimbutas |
Publisher | |
Pages | 303 |
Release | 1974 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780500050149 |
The Goddesses and Gods of Old Europe, 6500-3500 BC
Title | The Goddesses and Gods of Old Europe, 6500-3500 BC PDF eBook |
Author | Marija Gimbutas |
Publisher | Thames Hudson |
Pages | 304 |
Release | 1982 |
Genre | Déesses - Europe |
ISBN | 9780500272381 |
European civilization between 6500 and 3500 BC long before Greek or Judaeo-Christian civilizations flourished had a distinct culture with its own unique identity. The mythical imagery of this era tells us much about early humanitys concept of the cosmos, of human relations with nature, of the complementary roles of male and female. Through study of sculpture, vases and other cult objects, Gimbutas sketches the village culture that evolved there before it was overwhelmed by the patriarchal Indo-Europeans. The Goddess incarnating the creative principle as Source and Giver of All, fertility images, mythical animals and other artifacts are analysed for their mythic and social significance in this beautifully illustrated study.
Bogowie: A Study of Eastern Europe's Ancient Gods
Title | Bogowie: A Study of Eastern Europe's Ancient Gods PDF eBook |
Author | T.D. Kokoszka |
Publisher | John Hunt Publishing |
Pages | 444 |
Release | 2023-08-25 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1803412860 |
T.D. Kokoszka grew up in Texas with a Jewish mother and a Polish-American father. While he was aware of roots going back to Eastern Europe from both families, he found it hard to learn very much about them. He knew that Polish people would whack one another with palm leaves around Easter, and he knew that his great-grandmother purportedly believed in forest spirits known as borowy. However, it wasn't until he was in his teens that he became vaguely aware of an ancient people known as the Slavs who gave rise to the Polish, Ukrainian, Russian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Slovakian, Slovene, and Czech languages. It quickly became clear to him that this was a family of cultures currently under-represented in popular culture, and even in western scholarship. Not simply a regurgitation of scholarship from the Soviet period - and presenting new analyses by using previously neglected resources - Bogowie: A Study of Eastern Europe's Ancient Gods offers one of the most painstaking scholarly reconstructions of Slavic paganism. These new resources include not only an overview of folklore from many different Slavic countries but also comparisons with Ossetian culture and Mordvin culture, as well as a series of Slavic folktales that Kokoszka analyzes in depth, often making the case that the narratives involved are mythological and shockingly ancient. Readers will recognize many European folktale types and possibly learn to look at these folktales differently after reading this book.
Sheela-na-gigs
Title | Sheela-na-gigs PDF eBook |
Author | Barbara Freitag |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 228 |
Release | 2005-08-15 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 1134282494 |
A study of the mysterious stone carvings of naked females exposing their genitals on medieval churches all over the British Isles.