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Author : Mary B. Kelly
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (47 download)
Download or read book Goddess Embroideries of Eastern Europe written by Mary B. Kelly and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Roberson Center for the Arts and Sciences
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)
Download or read book Goddesses and Their Offspring written by Roberson Center for the Arts and Sciences and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mary B. Kelly
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780966892949
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (929 download)
Download or read book Goddess Embroideries of the Northlands written by Mary B. Kelly and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Patricia Monaghan, PhD
Publisher : New World Library
ISBN 13 : 1608682188
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (86 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Goddesses and Heroines written by Patricia Monaghan, PhD and published by New World Library. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More Than 1,000 Goddesses & Heroines from around the World Groundbreaking scholar Patricia Monaghan spent her life researching, writing about, and documenting goddesses and heroines from all religions and all corners of the globe. Her work demonstrated that from the beginning of recorded history, goddesses reigned alongside their male counterparts as figures of inspiration and awe. Drawing on anthropology, folklore, literature, and psychology, Monaghan’s vibrant and accessible encyclopedia covers female deities from Africa, the eastern Mediterranean, Asia and Oceania, Europe, and the Americas, as well as every major religious tradition.
Author : Vicki Noble
Publisher : Inner Traditions / Bear & Co
ISBN 13 : 9781591430117
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (31 download)
Download or read book The Double Goddess written by Vicki Noble and published by Inner Traditions / Bear & Co. This book was released on 2003-06-19 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the "double goddess" iconography prominent in Neolithic and Bronze Age cultures that expands our understanding of female sovereignty. Celebrates this archetype of sacred female bonding and depicts a vast array of relationships women may form with themselves and each other to explore a sense of self and empowerment, and to share power with each other.
Author : Harald Haarmann
Publisher : Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
ISBN 13 : 9783447058322
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (583 download)
Download or read book Introducing the Mythological Crescent written by Harald Haarmann and published by Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. This book was released on 2008 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a broad cultural region with related traditions of mythical beliefs interconnected by long-term contacts during prehistoric times. This area - called here the "Mythological Crescent" - is a zone of cultural convergence that extends from the ancient Middle East via Anatolia to southeastern Europe, opening into the wide cultural landscape of Eurasia.The very old interconnections between Eurasia and Anatolia are explored in this study for the first time. In a comparative view, striking similarities can be reconstructed for the ancient belief systems and the imagery of both regions which suggest convergent cosmological conceptualizations of high age. The beliefs and ritual practices of the indigenous peoples of Eurasia are rooted in the shamanism of the oldest cultural layers of the Palaeolithic. Although socioeconomic development in Anatolia was markedly different from cultural evolution in Eurasia, the hunters and gatherers in Anatolia who adopted sedentary lifeways did not entirely lose their ancient beliefs during the transition to plant cultivation (in the eighth millennium BCE). Archaic beliefs and imagery fused with new practices and innovations during the development of agrarian societies. One diagnostic motif which was perpetuated from the Palaeolithic to the Neolithic and beyond is represented by the production of female figurines (statuettes). Their significance for communal life has been linked to spiritual concepts of the continuity of life, the vegetation cycle, and the protection of the natural habitat of all living things as recorded in myths and historical folk art of Uralic and other peoples. The bear plays a significant role as a mythical animal in the imagery of Eurasia whereas this motif was lost in Anatolia during the transition from antiquity to the Middle Ages.
Author : Patricia Monaghan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313354669
Total Pages : 973 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (133 download)
Download or read book Goddesses in World Culture written by Patricia Monaghan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2010-12-01 with total page 973 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of accessible essays relates the stories of individual goddesses from around the world, exploring their roles in the cultures from which they came, their histories and status today, and the controversies surrounding them. Goddesses in World Culture brings readers the fascinating stories of close to 100 of the world's goddesses, ranging from the immediately recognizable to the obscure. These figures, many of whom derive from ancient cultures and civilizations, serve as points of departure for examining questions that go well beyond the role of women in religion and spirituality to include social organization, environmental awareness, historical developments, and psychological archetypes. Each volume of this groundbreaking set is composed of 20–25 previously unpublished articles written by expert contributors from diverse disciplines. Volume one covers Asia and Africa, volume two covers the Eastern Mediterranean and Europe, and volume three covers Australia and the Americas. Goddesses from cultures often overlooked in texts on religion, such as those of the Australian Aborigines, Korea, Nepal, and the Caribbean, are included here. In addition, the work offers new translations of ancient texts, introduces little-known folklore, and suggests new approaches to contemporary religious practices.
Author : Elizabeth Wayland Barber
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393089215
Total Pages : 590 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (93 download)
Download or read book The Dancing Goddesses: Folklore, Archaeology, and the Origins of European Dance written by Elizabeth Wayland Barber and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2013-02-11 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating exploration of an ancient system of beliefs and its links to the evolution of dance. From Southern Greece to northern Russia, people living in agrarian communities have long believed in “dancing goddesses,” mystical female spirits who spend their nights and days dancing in the fields and forests. In The Dancing Goddesses, archaeologist, linguist, and lifelong folkdancer Elizabeth Wayland Barber follows the trail of these spirit maidens—long associated with fertility, marriage customs, and domestic pursuits—from their early appearance in traditional folktales and harvest rituals to their more recent incarnations in fairytales and present-day dance. Illustrated with photographs, maps, and line drawings, the result is a brilliantly original work that stands at the intersection of archaeology and folk traditions—at once a rich portrait of our rich agrarian ancestry and an enchanting reminder of the human need to dance.
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Author : Patricia Monaghan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313349908
Total Pages : 725 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (133 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Goddesses and Heroines [2 volumes] written by Patricia Monaghan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2009-12-18 with total page 725 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This two-volume set provides a comprehensive guide to the vast array of feminine divine figures found throughout the world. Drawn from a variety of sources ranging from classical literature to early ethnographies to contemporary interpretations, the Encyclopedia of Goddesses and Heroines provides a comprehensive introduction to the ways goddess figures have been viewed through the ages. This unique encyclopedia of over thousands of figures of feminine divinity describes the myths and attributes of goddesses and female spiritual powers from around the world. The two-volume set is organized by culture and religion, exploring the role of women in each culture's religious life and introducing readers to the background of each pantheon, as well as the individual figures who peopled it. Alternative names for important divinities are offered, as are lists of minor goddesses and their attributes. Interest in women's spirituality has grown significantly over the last 30 years, both among those who remain in traditional religions and those who explore spirituality outside those confines. This work speaks to them all.
Author : Catherine Amoroso Leslie
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313342474
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (133 download)
Download or read book Needlework through History written by Catherine Amoroso Leslie and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2007-04-30 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Needlework serves functional purposes, such as providing warmth, but has also communicated individual and social identity, spiritual beliefs, and aesthetic ideals throughout time and geography. Needlework traditions are often associated with rituals and celebrations of life events. Often-overlooked by historians, practicing needlework and creating needlework objects provides insights to the history of everyday life. Needlework techniques traveled with merchants and explorers, creating a legacy of cross-cultural exchange. Some techniques are virtually universal and others are limited to a small geographical area. Settlers brought traditions which were sometimes re-invented as indigenous arts. This volume of approximately 75 entries is a comprehensive resource on techniques and cultural traditions for students, information professionals, and collectors.
Author : Mary B. Kelly
Publisher : Studiobooks
ISBN 13 : 9780966892901
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (929 download)
Download or read book Goddess Embroideries of the Balkan Lands and the Greek Islands written by Mary B. Kelly and published by Studiobooks. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Cherry Gilchrist
Publisher : Quest Books
ISBN 13 : 0835608743
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (356 download)
Download or read book Russian Magic written by Cherry Gilchrist and published by Quest Books. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the heart of Russia, old ways of perceiving the spirits of home and nature still prevail. Fairy stories, folk art, and calendar customs carry hints of the old gods and offer a now rare way of linking human life to the landscape. This is as true for city dwellers and villagers, for the Russian soul is open to the power of myth and the mysteries of the universe. This book explains how Russia's concept of soul ("dusha") and sensitivity to the landscape extends to archaeologists, scientists, and doctors in Russia, who retain an open-minded approach and a keen interest in psychic phenomena, along with folk traditions and faith healing. Author Cherry Gilchrist has traveled often to Russia and researched its traditional lore, gaining knowledge she interweaves into this book. She blends that first-hand knowledge with serious research to paint a lively picture of these remarkable magical traditions and their enduring power.
Author : Johanna Leseho
Publisher : Findhorn Press
ISBN 13 : 1844093840
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (44 download)
Download or read book Dancing on the Earth written by Johanna Leseho and published by Findhorn Press. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays in this dynamic compilation are a testament to dance as a healing art. Widely interdisciplinary in nature and written by women dancers from around the world, they illustrate a rich array of dance practices, cultures, and disciplines and show how this expressive therapy can be both empowering and exhilarating. The women’s narratives all share a deep appreciation for the connection between mental, spiritual, and physical dimensions, offering dance as a transformative power of renewing and rebuilding that bond. Both personal and professional, the stories weave a vivid tapestry of lived experiences and insights, balance, and a community healed by dance.
Author : Małgorzata Oleszkiewicz-Peralba
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 180073817X
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Mythology and Symbolism of Eurasia and Indigenous Americas written by Małgorzata Oleszkiewicz-Peralba and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2022-12-09 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A system of myths, symbols, and rituals, dating back to the Paleolithic and Neolithic, survives in present-day imagery. In exploring this system, special attention is drawn to the linkage between ancient and contemporary civilizations of Eurasia and Mesoamerica, as seen in their cosmology, and expressed in common mythological and iconographic themes. The author examines contemporary Middle American and eastern European textiles, especially women’s garments, that contain an elaborated sacred code of symbols, and include remnants of the four horizontal directions, and the three vertical worlds that portray the structure of the universe. The cosmology contained in patterns around the world denotes striking parallels that attest to internal connections between different cultures, beyond time and place.
Author : Mary Zirin
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317451961
Total Pages : 2898 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)
Download or read book Women and Gender in Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and Eurasia written by Mary Zirin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-03-26 with total page 2898 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first comprehensive, multidisciplinary, and multilingual bibliography on "Women and Gender in East Central Europe and the Balkans (Vol. 1)" and "The Lands of the Former Soviet Union (Vol. 2)" over the past millennium. The coverage encompasses the relevant territories of the Russian, Hapsburg, and Ottoman empires, Germany and Greece, and the Jewish and Roma diasporas. Topics range from legal status and marital customs to economic participation and gender roles, plus unparalleled documentation of women writers and artists, and autobiographical works of all kinds. The volumes include approximately 30,000 bibliographic entries on works published through the end of 2000, as well as web sites and unpublished dissertations. Many of the individual entries are annotated with brief descriptions of major works and the tables of contents for collections and anthologies. The entries are cross-referenced and each volume includes indexes.
Author : Anne Carson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Goddesses & Wise Women written by Anne Carson and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert H. Burger
Publisher : Libraries Unlimited
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Eastern Europe, 1986-1993 written by Robert H. Burger and published by Libraries Unlimited. This book was released on 1995-12-15 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describing approximately 1,000 books published between 1986 and late 1993, this work provides readers with a selective guide to English-language publications on the subject of Eastern Europe. It covers general studies of the area as well as works on the individual countries of Albania, Bulgaria, the former Czechoslovakia, the former German Democratic Republic (East Germany), Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the former Yugoslavia. In addition to bibliographic and descriptive information, the authors also include citations to book reviews. A companion to their Russia and the Former Soviet Union (Libraries Unlimited, 1994), this volume also focuses on the social sciences and the humanities. As interest about this part of the world continues to build and English-language publications about it proliferate, Burger and Sullivan's guide is a pertinent addition to academic and public library collections.
