The living goddesses

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Presents evidence to support the author's woman-centered interpretation of prehistoric civilizations, considering the prehistoric goddesses, gods and religion, and discussing the living goddesses--deities which have continued to be venerated through the modern era.

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Full title :The living goddesses / Marija Gimbutas ; edited and supplemented by Miriam Robbins Dexter.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2001, ©1999.
Edition:1st pbk. ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):University of California Press
Place of Publication:Berkeley
Language:eng
Publication Date:2001, ©1999.

The Physical Object

Description:xx, 286 pages : : illustrations ; : 26 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0520229150, 9780520229150
oclc:ocm45762646
LC Classification:GN803
Dewey Decimal:291.1

Religion in Prepatriarchal Europe -- Images of Goddesses and Gods -- Symbols, Signs, and Sacred Script -- The Tomb and the Womb -- Temples -- Sacred Stone and Wood Ceremonial Centers -- Matrilineal Social Structure as Mirrored in Religion and Myth -- The Living Goddesses -- The Minoan Religion in Crete -- The Greek Religion -- The Etruscan Religion -- The Basque Religion -- The Celtic Religion -- The Germanic Religion -- The Baltic Religion.

Subjects

Antiquities Déesses Europe Europe -- Antiquités Europe -- Antiquities Europe -- Religion Folklore Folklore -- Europe Goddesses History Neolithic period Neolithic period -- Europe RELIGION Religion préhistorique -- Europe Religion, Prehistoric Religion, Prehistoric -- Europe