Lady of the Beast : Ancient Images of the Goddess and Her Sacred Animals
  • critical theory
  • cloth boards with dust jacket
  • offset-printed
  • sewn bound
  • black-and-white
  • 23.9 x 19.3 cm.
  • 386 pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered
  • ISBN 0062504231

Lady of the Beast : Ancient Images of the Goddess and Her Sacred Animals

Buffie Johnson

Lady of the Beast : Ancient Images of the Goddess and Her Sacred Animals

description

Critical critique of transformation of women into goddess and sacred animals in ancient art. Chapters include "The primal Female"; "The Bird"; "The Lion"; "The Dog"; "The Serpent"; "The Butterfly"; "The Ewe and the Ram"; "The Spider"; "The Deer"; "The Fish"; "The Pig"; "The Cow and the Bull"; "The Scorpion"; and "The Bear." Includes bibliography. "Combining archeology, the study of sacred objects, icons and Jungian theory, Buffie Johnson traces the image of the Goddess in relation to her sacred animals." -- from inside front dust-jacket flap.

New York / Toronto, NY / Canada: Harper & Row / Fitzhenry & Whiteside, Limited,
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