Ancient goddesses : the myths and the evidence /
"While goddess mythologies proliferate and the public devours a stream of books by artists, psychotherapists, ecologists and enthusiastic amateurs, it is remarkable that the experts in the field of prehistory have remained largely silent. Is the evidence for a Mother Goddess really lacking?&quo...
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Madison, Wis. :
University of Wisconsin Press,
1999.
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Table of Contents:
- Exploring female divinity: from modern myths to ancient evidence / Lucy Goodison and Christine Morris
- Rethinking figurines: a critical view from archaeology of Gimbutas, the "goddess" and popular culture / Ruth Tringham and Margaret Conkey
- Twin peaks: the archaeologies of C̦atalhöyuk / Lynn Meskell
- Goddesses 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.