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The mythology of Venus : ancient calendars and archaeoastronomy /

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Benigni, Helen
Other Authors: Llywelyn, Morgan
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : University Press of America, [2013]
Subjects:
Venus (Planet)
Venus > (Roman deity)
Mythology.
Table of 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.