Divine women. When God was a girl /
Travelling 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 DVD |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Closed-captioned. |
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New York, N.Y. :
Films Media Group,
[2013]
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| Series: | Divine women.
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| Summary: | Travelling 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: | Originally produced in 2012 BBC; package copyright 2013 Films for the Humanities & Sciences. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (50 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Audience: | 8 & up. |
| Production Credits: | Camera, Tim Knight ; executive producer, Leonie Jameson ; series director, Ruairi Fallon. |