13%OFF
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Goddess
Leeming, David; Page, Jake
€ 24.99
€ 21.63
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Goddess
Paperback. From the fertile earth mothers of the ancient world to the revival of interest in witchcraft, images and tales of the Female Divine have flourished and waned. The authors gather 75 of these tales in a introduction of this divine figure as she has emerged from prehistory to the present. Num Pages: 208 pages, halftones, line drawings. BIC Classification: HRKP; HRQM; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 202 x 135 x 11. Weight in Grams: 182.
An old woman lives still among the broken slopes of the mountains in the land of the Tarahumara Indians. No one knows exactly where. She is sometimes seen standing along the highway near El Paso, hauling wood near Oaxaca, or even hitching a ride on a semi rig. She is the bone woman, the gatherer, La Loba. She collects bones, especially those of wolves. When she has collected enough bones to make a whole wolf, she sings over the skeleton, and it begins to grow flesh and fur. She sings some more and the wolf becomes strong; then it breathes. ... Read more
An old woman lives still among the broken slopes of the mountains in the land of the Tarahumara Indians. No one knows exactly where. She is sometimes seen standing along the highway near El Paso, hauling wood near Oaxaca, or even hitching a ride on a semi rig. She is the bone woman, the gatherer, La Loba. She collects bones, especially those of wolves. When she has collected enough bones to make a whole wolf, she sings over the skeleton, and it begins to grow flesh and fur. She sings some more and the wolf becomes strong; then it breathes. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195104622
SKU
V9780195104622
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-5
About Leeming, David; Page, Jake
About the Authors: David Leeming is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Connecticut, Storrs. His books include The World of Myth, Flights: Readings in Magic, Mysticism, Fantasy, and Myth, Mythology: The Voyage of the Hero, and James Baldwin: A Biography. Jake Page is a science writer, essayist and novelist, whose books include Hopi, with his ... Read more
Reviews for Goddess
"It is astonishing but satisfying that it takes 'two old Princeton boys' (so described by a daughter of one of the authors) first to understand Goddess myths clearly, then to put them in the right order. Based on thorough scholarship and written with enviable elan, the myths of the ancient worship of female procreativity are told with clarity and passion. ... Read more