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Queens of the Wild: Pagan Goddesses in Christian Europe: An Investigation

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By (author): Ronald Hutton

A concise history of the goddess-like figures who evade both Christian and pagan traditions, from the medieval period to the present day
 
In this riveting account, renowned scholar Ronald Hutton explores the history of deity-like figures in Christian Europe. Drawing on anthropology, archaeology, literature, and history, Hutton shows how hags, witches, the Fairy Queen, and the Green Man all came to be, and how they changed over the centuries.
 
Looking closely at four main figuresMother Earth, the Fairy Queen, the Mistress of the Night, and the Old Woman of Gaelic traditionHutton challenges decades of debate around the female figures who have long been thought versions of pre-Christian goddesses. He makes the compelling case that these goddess figures found in the European imagination did not descend from the pre-Christian ancient world, yet have nothing Christian about them. It was in fact nineteenth-century scholars who attempted to establish the narrative of pagan survival that persists today. See more
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Product Details
  • Dimensions: 127 x 197mm
  • Publication Date: 12 Sep 2023
  • Publisher: Yale University Press
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780300273342

About Ronald Hutton

Ronald Hutton is professor of history at Bristol University and a leading authority on the British Isles in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries on ancient and medieval paganism and magic and on the global context of witchcraft beliefs. He is the author of seventeen books.

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