Roles of the Northern Goddess by Hilda Ellis Davidson

Roles of the Northern Goddess by Hilda Ellis Davidson

While much work has been done on goddesses of the ancient world and the male gods of pre-Christian Scandinavia, the northern goddesses have been largely neglected. Roles of the Northern Goddess presents a highly readable study of the worship of these goddesses by men and women. With its use of evidence from early literature, popular tradition, legend and archaeology, this book investigates the role of the early hunting goddess and the local goddesses who were involved in all aspects of the household and the farm. What emerges is that the goddess was both benevolent and destructive, a powerful figure closely concerned with birth and death and with destiny of individuals.

'Highly recommended [it] illuminate[s] a profound understanding of the goddess, heretofore largely neglected by scholars or else romanticized by popular books' - Annabel Lee, Runa

Hilda Ellis Davidson has been a lecturer at Royal Holloway College and Birkbeck College, London, Vice-President of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge, and President of the London Folklore Society. Her many publications include The Anglo-Saxon Sword (1962), Gods and Myths of Northern Europe (1964) and The Lost Beliefs of Northern Europe (1991).

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ISBN 13	9780415136112
ISBN 10	0415136113
Title	Roles of the Northern Goddess
Author	Hilda Ellis Davidson
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	1998-04-02
Number of pages	220
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