When God Was a Girl /
Traveling across the Mediterranean and Near East to some of the world's oldest sacred places, in this program Bettany Hughes finds evidence that women were part of the very birth of organized religion. Hughes studies Minoan snake goddess figurines and female representations at sites throughout...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
Films Media Group,
[2013]
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| Series: | Divine women.
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| Summary: | Traveling across the Mediterranean and Near East to some of the world's oldest sacred places, in this program Bettany Hughes finds evidence that women were part of the very birth of organized religion. Hughes studies Minoan snake goddess figurines and female representations at sites throughout Turkey, and explains how societal changes saw the worship of Zeus and other male gods begin to diminish reverence for the feminine divine. Hughes also attends a Durga festival in India and learns what this goddess means to her devotees. |
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| Item Description: | Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on April 27, 2013. Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 video file (50 min.)) : sound, color |
| Audience: | 8 & up. |