The nine maidens : priestesses of the ancient world
McHardy, Stuart2023
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Whether as the mothers of the Norse God Heimdall, Morgan and her sisters on Avalon, the nine sisters at the heart of the founding myth of the Gikuyu of Kenya, or witches battling with the Irish St Patrick, stories of nine women, often attending a goddess or linked to a heroic or divine male, exist across much of our world. Triggered by a local story still told in his native Dundee, Stuart McHardy has traced what seems to be memories of groups of nine women, most likely some kind of priestesses, across much of Europe and as far as Siberia, Korea, India, and Africa.
Main title:
The nine maidens : priestesses of the ancient world / Stuart McHardy.
Author:
McHardy, Stuart, author
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Luath Press, 2023.
Collation:
203 pages
ISBN:
9781804250914 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
201.43201.43 MACH
Language:
English
BRN:
2384791
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