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Review
Dr. Davidson's welcome latest book is attracting a broader readership... This is a book whose marketing and potential use, because of its crossover potential between academia and postmodern neo-paganism, might possibly be of greatest interest from a social-anthropological point of view, since its content seems to have been carefully selected with that bifurcated potential audience in mind. Scandanavian Studies, Volume 71, Issue 3, Fall 1999.
Book Description
Roles of the Northern Goddess presents a highly readable study of the worship of the pre-Christian, Northern goddesses. 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 the destiny of individuals.
Roles of the Northern Goddess
Roles of the Northern Goddess,Hilda Davidson,Routledge,0415136113,Archaeology / Anthropology,Comparative Religion,Europe, Northern,General,Goddesses,Religion,Folklore,Myths & mythology,Nature & existence of God,Social Science / Anthropology / General,Women's studies
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