The language of the Goddess /
Gimbutas, Marija, 1921-1994.
The language of the Goddess / Marija Gimbutas. - New York : Thames and Hudson, c1989. - xxiii, 388 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
The Goddess is the most potent and persistent feature in the archaeological records of the ancient world, a symbol of the unity of life in nature and the personification of all that was sacred and mysterious on earth.
In this pioneering and provocative volume, Marija Gimbutas resurrects the world of the Goddess-worshipping, earth-centered cultures, bringing ancient matriarchal society vividly to life. She interweaves comparative mythology, early historical sources, linguistics, ethnography, and folklore to demonstrate conclusively that Goddess-worship is at the root of Western civilization. Illustrated with nearly 2,000 symbolic artifacts, Gimbutas' magnum opus is at once a "pictorial script" of the prehistoric Goddess religion and an authoritative work that takes these ancient cultures from the realm of speculation into that of documented fact. Over 500 illustrations.
0500282498 9780500282496 0500014809 : No price 9780500014806
00101120
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Goddesses, Prehistoric--Europe.
Symbolism--Europe.
Goddesses in art.
Prehistoric peoples--Europe.
Religion, Prehistoric--Europe.
Diosa--Prehistoria--Europa.
Religión primitiva--Europa.
Diosas en el arte.
Goddesses
BL 473 / G491l 1989
291.2114
The language of the Goddess / Marija Gimbutas. - New York : Thames and Hudson, c1989. - xxiii, 388 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
The Goddess is the most potent and persistent feature in the archaeological records of the ancient world, a symbol of the unity of life in nature and the personification of all that was sacred and mysterious on earth.
In this pioneering and provocative volume, Marija Gimbutas resurrects the world of the Goddess-worshipping, earth-centered cultures, bringing ancient matriarchal society vividly to life. She interweaves comparative mythology, early historical sources, linguistics, ethnography, and folklore to demonstrate conclusively that Goddess-worship is at the root of Western civilization. Illustrated with nearly 2,000 symbolic artifacts, Gimbutas' magnum opus is at once a "pictorial script" of the prehistoric Goddess religion and an authoritative work that takes these ancient cultures from the realm of speculation into that of documented fact. Over 500 illustrations.
0500282498 9780500282496 0500014809 : No price 9780500014806
00101120
GB9051371 bnb
008744253 Uk
Goddesses, Prehistoric--Europe.
Symbolism--Europe.
Goddesses in art.
Prehistoric peoples--Europe.
Religion, Prehistoric--Europe.
Diosa--Prehistoria--Europa.
Religión primitiva--Europa.
Diosas en el arte.
Goddesses
BL 473 / G491l 1989
291.2114