Occidental MythologyThis volume covers the central myths that still inform the consciousness of the European West. The author traces these back to the cosmology built around the Levantine earth-goddess of the Bronze Age. |
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East and West | 3 |
The Serpents Bride | 9 |
The Consort of the Bull | 42 |
Copyright | |
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