Goddess of the North : a comprehensive exploration of the Norse goddesses, from antiquity to the modern age / Lynda C. Welch.
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TextYork Beach, ME: Weiser Books, [2001]Description: xviii, 267 pages ; illustrations, maps, tables ; 21 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 157863170X
- BL863 .W45 2001
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-258) and index.
Part I: Historical exploration. -- 1 Why a primordial goddess?. -- 2 Precedents. -- 3 Displacement and fragmentation of the goddess. Part II: The fragments. -- 4 Creation. -- 5 The Aesir, the Vanir, and the giants. -- 6 Giantesses. -- 7 Divine seeresses and guardians. -- 8 Asyniur. -- 9 Ragnarok. -- Part III: Unveiling the hidden truth. -- 10 Piecing together the fragments. -- 11 Understanding Yggdrasill. -- 12 Mother. -- 13 Daughter. -- 14 Grandmother. -- 15 The goddess of the North. -- Part IV: Past to present. -- 16 Women in Norse society. -- 17 Witch hunts. -- 18 The goddess remembered in folk and fairy tales. -- 19 Spiritual symbols. -- 20 The goddess today
'The purpose of this book is to present factual, intuitive, and spiritual evidence for the existence of a primordial Norse goddess.'
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