The White Goddess: A Historical Grammar of Poetic Myth
by:
Robert Graves (author)
A work first published in 1948 in which Graves argues that the language of poetic myth current in the Mediterranean and Northern Europe was a magical language bound up with popular religious ceremonies in honour of the Moon-goddess, or Muse - some dating from the Old Stone Age.
A work first published in 1948 in which Graves argues that the language of poetic myth current in the Mediterranean and Northern Europe was a magical language bound up with popular religious ceremonies in honour of the Moon-goddess, or Muse - some dating from the Old Stone Age.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780571174256 (0571174256)
Publish date: August 23rd 1999
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Classics,
Non Fiction,
History,
Religion,
Philosophy,
Poetry,
Anthropology,
Mythology,
Folklore,
Paganism
I first read The White Goddess during a road trip with my ex at the turn of the century. I can remember several days when we were staying at a bed-and-breakfast in pre-Katrina New Orleans. It was neither overly warm nor overly humid, and my erstwhile spouse was recovering from serving as a mosquito ...
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