Description
| Product ID: | 9780140192926 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Myth of the Goddess |
| Subtitle: | Evolution of an Image |
| Authors: | Author: Anne Baring, Jules Cashford |
| Page Count: | 800 |
| Subjects: | Theology, Theology, Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology), Folklore, myths & legends |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A comprehensive study that draws upon poetry and mythology, art and literature, archaeology and psychology to show how the myth of the goddess has been lost from our formal Judeo-Christian images of the divine. It explains what happened to the goddess, when, and how she was excluded from western culture, and the implications of this loss. A comprehensive, scholarly accessible study, in which the authors draw upon poetry and mythology, art and literature, archaeology and psychology to show how the myth of the goddess has been lost from our formal Judeo-Christian images of the divine. They explain what happened to the goddess, when, and how she was excluded from western culture, and the implications of this loss. |
| Imprint Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 1993-03-25 |
