Roles of the Northern Goddess

ISBN-13: 9780415136112 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 224 str.

Hilda Ellis Davidson

Opis

This book presents information on the role of women in religious studies, folklore and mythology. By investigating women's special skills related to goddess cults together with legends and popular traditions, the author explores the importance of the goddess as a subject for study. Chapters cover: mistress of animals; mistress of the grain; mistress of distaff and loom; mistress of the home; mistress of the dead; and mistress of sovereignty.

Recenzje

'Highly recommended [it] illuminate[s] a profound understanding of the goddess, heretofore largely neglected by scholars or else romanticized by popular books.' - Annabel Lee, Runa

Spis treści

Introduction I Mistress of the Animals II Mistress of the Grainb III Mistress of Distaff and Loom IV Mistress of the Household V Mistress of Life and Death

O autorze

Hilda Ellis Davidson has been a lecturer at Royal Holloway College and Birkbeck College, London, Vice-President of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge, and President of the London Folklore Society. Her many publications include The Anglo-Saxon Sword (1962), Gods and Myths of Northern Europe (1964) and The Lost Beliefs of Northern Europe (1991).