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Pagan Goddesses in the Early Germanic World: Eostre, Hreda and the Cult of Matrons (Studies in Early Medieval History)
Pagan Goddesses in the Early Germanic World Eostre Hreda and the Cult of Matrons - Studies in Early Medieval History
Author: Philip A. Shaw
This book considers evidence for Germanic goddesses in England and on the Continent, and argues, on the basis of linguistic and onomastic evidence, that modern scholarship has tended to focus too heavily on the notion of divine functions or spheres of activity, such as fertility or warfare, rather than considering the extent to which goddesses a...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780715637975
ISBN-10: 0715637975
Publication Date: 7/15/2010
Pages: 160
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Publisher: Duckworth Publishers
Book Type: Paperback
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