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Mythology of Venus : ancient calendars and archaeoastronomy / edited by Helen Benigni ; with a foreword by Morgan Llywelyn.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Benigni, Helen.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Venus (Planet).
- Venus (Roman deity).
- Venus.
- Mythology.
- Physical Description:
- 121 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : University Press Of America, [2013]
- Summary:
- The Mythology of Venus is a collection of essays that summarizes the archaeoastronomy, calendar associations, religious and cultural icons, and myths identified with the planet Venus.
- Contents:
- The emergence of the goddess: a study of Venus in the Paleolithic and Neolithic era / Helen Benigni
- The epiphany of the goddess: a study of Venus in the Bronze and Iron Age / Helen Benigni
- Love Goddesses of the early historic age / Miriam Robbins Dexter
- Venus, the Caillichín na Mochóirighe of Newgrange, Ireland / Anthony Murphy
- Appendix I: the astronomy of the nights of Venus / Barbara Carter
- Appendix II: the eight year cycle of Venus / Barbara Carter
- Appendix III: Of K'uk'ulcán and Quetzalcóatl: Venus in Mesoamerica / R. P. Hale.
- ISBN:
- 0761860622
- 9780761860624
- OCLC:
- 816563955
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