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- catalog abstract ""Uropean civilization between 6500 and 3500 BC - long before Greek or Judaeo-Christian civilizations flourished - was not a provincial reflection of neighboring Near Eastern cultures but a distinct culture with its own unique identity. The mythical imagery of this matrilinear era tells us much about early humanity's concepts of the cosmos, of human relations with nature, of the complementary roles of male and female. Through study of sculpture, vases, and other cult objects from southeastern Europe, Gimbutas sketches the village culture that evolved there before it was overwhelmed by the patriarchal Indo-Euopreans. The Goddess incarnating the creative principle as a Source and Giver of All, fertility images, mythical animals, and other artifacts are anlyzed for their mythic and social significance in this beautifully illustrated study."--Googlebooks.".
- catalog contributor b1155463.
- catalog coverage "Europe Antiquities.".
- catalog created "1982.".
- catalog date "1982".
- catalog date "1982.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1982.".
- catalog description ""Uropean civilization between 6500 and 3500 BC - long before Greek or Judaeo-Christian civilizations flourished - was not a provincial reflection of neighboring Near Eastern cultures but a distinct culture with its own unique identity. The mythical imagery of this matrilinear era tells us much about early humanity's concepts of the cosmos, of human relations with nature, of the complementary roles of male and female. Through study of sculpture, vases, and other cult objects from southeastern Europe, Gimbutas sketches the village culture that evolved there before it was overwhelmed by the patriarchal Indo-Euopreans. The Goddess incarnating the creative principle as a Source and Giver of All, fertility images, mythical animals, and other artifacts are anlyzed for their mythic and social significance in this beautifully illustrated study."--Googlebooks.".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. 256-269.".
- catalog description "Cultural background -- Schematicism -- Ritual costume -- The Mask -- Shrines and the role of figurines -- Cosmogonical and cosmological images -- Mistresses of waters : the bird and snake goddess -- The great goddess of life, death and regeneration -- The pregnant vegetation goddess -- The year-God".
- catalog extent "304 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0520046552 (pbk.) :".
- catalog issued "1982".
- catalog issued "1982.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Berkeley : University of California,".
- catalog spatial "Europe Antiquities.".
- catalog spatial "Europe.".
- catalog subject "GN803 .G55 1982b".
- catalog subject "Goddesses, European.".
- catalog subject "Prehistoric peoples Europe.".
- catalog subject "Religion, Prehistoric Europe.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Cultural background -- Schematicism -- Ritual costume -- The Mask -- Shrines and the role of figurines -- Cosmogonical and cosmological images -- Mistresses of waters : the bird and snake goddess -- The great goddess of life, death and regeneration -- The pregnant vegetation goddess -- The year-God".
- catalog title "The goddesses and gods of Old Europe, 6500-3500 BC, myths and cult images / Marija Gimbutas.".
- catalog type "text".