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The language of the goddess : unearthing the hidden symbols of western civilization / Marija Gimbutas.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: San Francisco : HarperSanFrancisco, 1991Edition: 1st Harper Collins pbk. editionDescription: xxiii, 388 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0062504185
  • 9780062504180
  • 0062512439
  • 9780062512437
Other title:
  • Language of the goddess : Unearthing the hidden symbols of western civilisation
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 759.01
LOC classification:
  • BL473.5 .G55 1991
Contents:
I. Life-giving: Chevron and V as bird goddess symbols -- Zig-zag and M sign -- Meander and waterbirds -- Breasts of the bird goddess -- Streams -- Eyes of the goddess -- Open mouth/beak of the goddess -- Giver of crafts: associations with spinning, weaving, metallurgy, and musical instrumets -- The ram, animal of the bird goddess -- Net motif -- Tri-line and power of three -- Vulva and birth -- Deer and bear as Primeval mothers -- Snake -- II. The renewing and eternal earth: Earth mother -- Power of twos -- Male gods and daimones -- III. Death and regeneration: Symbols of death -- Egg -- Columns of life -- Regenerative vulva: triangle, hourglass and bird's claws -- Ship of renewal -- Frog, hedgehog, and fish -- Bull, bee, and betterfly -- IV. Energy and unfolding: :Spiral, Lunar cycle, snake coil, hook and axe -- Opposed spirals, whirls, comb, brush, and arimal whirls -- Hands and feet of the goddess -- Standing stones and circles -- Conclusions: The place and function of the goddess -- Continuity and transformation of the goddess in the Indo-European and Christian eras -- The world view of the culture of the goddess -- Glossary of symbols -- Tyhpes of goddesses and gods -- Summary of functions and images of the Neolithic Great Goddess -- Chronologies -- Maps.
Summary: "The purpose of this book is to present the pictorial 'script' for the religion of the Old European Great Goddess, consisting of signs, symbols, and images of the divinities."--Introduction, p. xv.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 354-369) and index.

I. Life-giving: Chevron and V as bird goddess symbols -- Zig-zag and M sign -- Meander and waterbirds -- Breasts of the bird goddess -- Streams -- Eyes of the goddess -- Open mouth/beak of the goddess -- Giver of crafts: associations with spinning, weaving, metallurgy, and musical instrumets -- The ram, animal of the bird goddess -- Net motif -- Tri-line and power of three -- Vulva and birth -- Deer and bear as Primeval mothers -- Snake -- II. The renewing and eternal earth: Earth mother -- Power of twos -- Male gods and daimones -- III. Death and regeneration: Symbols of death -- Egg -- Columns of life -- Regenerative vulva: triangle, hourglass and bird's claws -- Ship of renewal -- Frog, hedgehog, and fish -- Bull, bee, and betterfly -- IV. Energy and unfolding: :Spiral, Lunar cycle, snake coil, hook and axe -- Opposed spirals, whirls, comb, brush, and arimal whirls -- Hands and feet of the goddess -- Standing stones and circles -- Conclusions: The place and function of the goddess -- Continuity and transformation of the goddess in the Indo-European and Christian eras -- The world view of the culture of the goddess -- Glossary of symbols -- Tyhpes of goddesses and gods -- Summary of functions and images of the Neolithic Great Goddess -- Chronologies -- Maps.

"The purpose of this book is to present the pictorial 'script' for the religion of the Old European Great Goddess, consisting of signs, symbols, and images of the divinities."--Introduction, p. xv.

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