TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gimbutas,Marija
TI  - The language of the Goddess
SN  - 0500282498
AV  - BL 473 G491l 1989
U1  - 291.2114 20
PY  - 1989///
CY  - New York
PB  - Thames and Hudson
KW  - Goddesses, Prehistoric
KW  - Europe
KW  - Symbolism
KW  - Goddesses in art
KW  - Prehistoric peoples
KW  - Religion, Prehistoric
KW  - Diosa
KW  - Prehistoria
KW  - Europa
KW  - Religión primitiva
KW  - Diosas en el arte
KW  - Goddesses
N2  - 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
ER  -