Mythology of Venus - Ancient Calendars and Archaeoastronomy

Informationen zum Autor Helen Benigni graduated with a Ph.D. in English from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 1989. She is a professor at Davis and Elkins College in Elkins, West Virginia, where she teaches comparative mythology, composition, and literature. Her other works include The Myth of the Year: Returning to the Origin of the Druid Calendar (2003) and The Goddess and the Bull: A Study in Minoan-Mycenaean Mythology (2007). Klappentext The Mythology of Venus is a collection of essays that summarizes the archaeoastronomy, calendar associations, religious and cultural icons and myths identified with the planet Venus. This book reveals the archetype of a goddess associated with the planet Venus who is identified with transformation, spiritual resurrection, and enlightenment. Zusammenfassung The Mythology of Venus is a collection of essays that summarizes the archaeoastronomy! calendar associations! religious and cultural icons and myths identified with the planet Venus. This book reveals the archetype of a goddess associated with the planet Venus who is identified with transformation! spiritual resurrection! and enlightenment. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Morgan Llywelyn Preface Helen Benigni Acknowledgements 1. The Emergence of the Goddess: A Study of Venus in the Paleolithic and Neolithic Era Helen Benigni 2. The Epiphany of the Goddess: A Study of Venus in the Bronze and Iron Age Helen Benigni 3. Love Goddesses of the Early Historic Age Miriam Robbins Dexter 4. Venus, The Caillichín na Mochóirighe of Newgrange, Ireland Anthony Murphy Appendix I: The Astronomy of the Nights of Venus Barbara Carter Appendix II: The Eight Year Cycle of Venus Barbara Carter Appendix III: Of K'uk'ulcán and Quetazlcóatl, Venus in Mesoamerica R.P. Hale Index Plates About the Authors

Product details

• Authors: Helen Benigni, Benigni Helen
• Publisher: University Press Of America
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.06.2013
• EAN: 9780761860624
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-6062-4
• No. of pages: 136
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Miscellaneous; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology, RELIGION / Ancient, Folklore, myths & legends, Ancient Rome, Astronomy, space & time, Astronomy, space and time, SCIENCE / Space Science / Astronomy, Roman religion and mythology, Roman religion & mythology, Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology), Ancient religion;Archaeoastronomy;Astronomy;Mythology;Venus