The Dancing Goddesses Folklore Archaeology And The Origins Of European Dance
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Author | : Elizabeth Wayland Barber |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 590 |
Release | : 2013-02-11 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0393089215 |
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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 present-day dance. Illustrated with photographs, maps, and line drawings, the result is a brilliantly original work that stands at the intersection of archaeology and folk traditions—at once a rich portrait of our rich agrarian ancestry and an enchanting reminder of the human need to dance.
Author | : E. J. W. Barber |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 444 |
Release | : 2013-02-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0393065367 |
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An ethnographic and archaeological exploration of ancient traditions and folklore pertaining to "dancing goddesses" traces their roots in early Roman, Greek, and European cultures to reveal the origins of modern customs.
Author | : E. J. W. Barber |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 311 |
Release | : 2006-09-25 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0691127743 |
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Why were Prometheus and Loki envisioned as chained to rocks? What was the Golden Calf? Why are mirrors believed to carry bad luck? This groundbreaking book points the way to restoring some of that lost history and teaching about storytelling.
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Publisher | : Cambria Press |
Total Pages | : 218 |
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ISBN | : 1621968324 |
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Author | : E. J.W. Barber |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 512 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9780691002248 |
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This monograph attempts to revise present ideas of the origins and early development of textiles in Europe and the Near East. Using linguistic techniques as well as methods from palaeobiology, it demonstrates that spinning and pattern-weaving existed far earlier than has been supposed.
Author | : Kimerer L. LaMothe |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 122 |
Release | : 2018-10-22 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9004390006 |
Download A History of Theory and Method in the Study of Religion and Dance Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
LaMothe paves the way for new theories and methods in the study of religion and dance by critiquing and displacing a conceptual dichotomy between “religion” and “dance” forged in the colonial era that justified western Christian hostility towards dance traditions across six continents over six centuries.
Author | : Yosef Garfinkel |
Publisher | : University of Texas Press |
Total Pages | : 397 |
Release | : 2010-01-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0292779968 |
Download Dancing at the Dawn of Agriculture Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
As the nomadic hunters and gatherers of the ancient Near East turned to agriculture for their livelihood and settled into villages, religious ceremonies involving dancing became their primary means for bonding individuals into communities and households into villages. So important was dance that scenes of dancing are among the oldest and most persistent themes in Near Eastern prehistoric art, and these depictions of dance accompanied the spread of agriculture into surrounding regions of Europe and Africa. In this pathfinding book, Yosef Garfinkel analyzes depictions of dancing found on archaeological objects from the Near East, southeastern Europe, and Egypt to offer the first comprehensive look at the role of dance in these Neolithic (7000-4000 BC) societies. In the first part of the book, Garfinkel examines the structure of dance, its functional roles in the community (with comparisons to dance in modern pre-state societies), and its cognitive, or symbolic, aspects. This analysis leads him to assert that scenes of dancing depict real community rituals linked to the agricultural cycle and that dance was essential for maintaining these calendrical rituals and passing them on to succeeding generations. In the concluding section of the book, Garfinkel presents and discusses the extensive archaeological data—some 400 depictions of dance—on which his study is based.
Author | : Virginia Wayland |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 330 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Art |
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Drawing on four decades of research, the authors present a history of the cards created by Apache Indians after playing cards were introduced into their culture by Spanish explorers and colonists. Includes reproductions of cards from more than 100 packs in museums and private collections around the world.
Author | : Annie Welch |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 92 |
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ISBN | : 1105542858 |
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Author | : Barbara Freitag |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2005-08-15 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 1134282494 |
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A study of the mysterious stone carvings of naked females exposing their genitals on medieval churches all over the British Isles.