The Myth of the Year, Returning to the Origin of the Druid Calendar - Couverture souple

Benigni, Helen

 
9780761825722: The Myth of the Year, Returning to the Origin of the Druid Calendar
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 076182572X ISBN 13 : 9780761825722
Editeur : University Press Of America, 2003

Synopsis

The Myth of the Year reveals the astronomy underlying Celtic and Greek mythology using the calendar of the Druids discovered in Coligny, France and the Sacred Calendar of Eleusis of ancient Greece. The myths of the ancients follow the seasons through the constellations illuminating the path of knowledge our ancestors lived throughout their year. To fully explain the meaning of these seasonal myths, the origin of the goddesses and the gods are traced to their Neolithic roots using Marija Gimbutas' archetypes of the Neolithic Pantheon. Indo-European adaptations made to some of the major deities are also discussed providing a profile of the evolution of the ancient goddesses and gods from Neolithic times to their present representations in the night sky. Besides linking astronomy to mythology, The Myth of the Year presents an effective and carefully researched path of ancient knowledge viable as a source of patterns of the sky, the earth, the moon, and the sun, meticulously plotted through eons of ancient knowledge.

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À propos de l'auteur

Helen Benigni is Associate Professor of English at Davis and Elkins College in West Virginia.

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Éditeur
University Press Of America
Date d'édition
2003
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
076182572X
ISBN 13 
9780761825722
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
152
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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