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Queens of the Wild
2022
Overview
A concise history of the goddess-like figures who evade
both Christian and pagan traditions, from the medieval period to
the present day In this riveting account, renowned scholar
Ronald Hutton explores the history of deity-like figures in
Christian Europe. Drawing on anthropology, archaeology, literature,
and history, Hutton shows how hags, witches, the fairy queen, and
the Green Man all came to be, and how they changed over the
centuries. Looking closely at four main figures-Mother Earth, the
Fairy Queen, the Mistress of the Night, and the Old Woman of Gaelic
tradition-Hutton challenges decades of debate around the female
figures who have long been thought versions of pre-Christian
goddesses. He makes the compelling case that these goddess figures
found in the European imagination did not descend from the
pre-Christian ancient world, yet have nothing Christian about them.
It was in fact nineteenth-century scholars who attempted to
establish the narrative of pagan survival that persists today.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Subject
ISBN
0300261012, 9780300261011
