Queens of the Wild

Queens of the Wild
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 268
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ISBN-10 : 9780300261011
ISBN-13 : 0300261012
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Book Synopsis Queens of the Wild by : Ronald Hutton

Download or read book Queens of the Wild written by Ronald Hutton and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2022-01-01 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A concise history of the goddess-like figures who evade both Christian and pagan traditions, from the medieval period to the present day In this riveting account, renowned scholar Ronald Hutton explores the history of deity-like figures in Christian Europe. Drawing on anthropology, archaeology, literature, and history, Hutton shows how hags, witches, the Fairy Queen, and the Green Man all came to be, and how they changed over the centuries. Looking closely at four main figures--Mother Earth, the Fairy Queen, the Mistress of the Night, and the Old Woman of Gaelic tradition--Hutton challenges decades of debate around the female figures who have long been thought versions of pre-Christian goddesses. He makes the compelling case that these goddess figures found in the European imagination did not descend from the pre-Christian ancient world, yet have nothing Christian about them. It was in fact nineteenth-century scholars who attempted to establish the narrative of pagan survival that persists today.


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