Roles of the Northern Goddess by Davidson, Hilda Ellis

Roles of the Northern Goddess (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780415136112)

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Roles of the Northern Goddess by Davidson, Hilda Ellis

Roles of the Northern Goddess

$59.95
Roles of the Northern Goddess by Davidson, Hilda Ellis

Roles of the Northern Goddess

$59.95
Format: Paperback
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While much work has been done on goddesses of the ancient world and the male gods of pre-Christian Scandinavia, the northern goddesses have been largely neglected. Roles of the Northern Goddess presents a highly readable study of the worship of these goddesses by men and women. With its use of evidence from early literature, popular tradition, legend and archaeology, this book investigates the role of the early hunting goddess and the local goddesses who were involved in all aspects of the household and the farm. What emerges is that the goddess was both benevolent and destructive, a powerful figure closely concerned with birth and death and with destiny of individuals.

Author: Hilda Ellis Davidson
ISBN-10: 0415136113
ISBN-13: 9780415136112
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 04/02/1998
Pages: 220
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.18w x 0.53d
By Hilda Ellis Davidson
By Hilda Ellis Davidson
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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).

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