Elizabeth Wayland Barber

The Dancing Goddesses: Folklore, Archaeology, and the Origins of European Dance

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A fascinating exploration of an ancient system of beliefs and its links to the evolution of dance.From Southern Greece to northern Russia, people living in agrarian communities have long believed in dancing goddesses,” mystical female spirits who spend their nights and days dancing in the fields and forests. In The Dancing Goddesses, archaeologist, linguist, and lifelong folkdancer Elizabeth Wayland Barber follows the trail of these spirit maidens—long associated with fertility, marriage customs, and domestic pursuits—from their early appearance in traditional folktales and harvest rituals to their more recent incarnations in fairytales and p… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-393-08921-9
EAN: 9780393089219
Produktnummer: 34246790
Verlag: W. W. Norton & Company
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Seitenangabe: 448 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 47'287 KB
Abbildungen: 80 illustrations

Über den Autor

Elizabeth Wayland Barber is the author of Women's Work, The Dancing Goddesses, and The Mummies of Ürümchi. Professor emerita of archaeology and linguistics at Occidental College, she lives in California.