The Worship of the Great Goddess: Was There a Universal Cult of Mother Earth?
The list of links below contains information on prehistoric and bronze age goddesses, as well as later traditions in many parts of the world. References to goddesses can also be found on the individual pages for each culture or period within this site.
The Women Warriors nice little essay on the existence (or not) of early matriarchies
Çatalhöyük excavations very interesting site for the study of women in the Neolithic era; female burial sites and mother earth goddess figurines
CATAL HUYUK The Temple City of Prehistoric Anatolia excellent article on Catal Huyuk
Çatal Hüyük interesting rreconstructions of the site
Mysteries of Çatalhöyük geared towards children, but there are very good photographs of the site
Images of Women in Ancient Art an excellent site with chapters on Venus figurines as well as other topics relating to antiquity. A don't miss site.
A Vedic Hymn to the Goddess Mother Earth
The Earth Mother Goddesses Nice site on Hindu goddesses
The Watchman Profile: Goddess Worship summary of various traditions
Ertha, the Germanic Earth Goddess a selection from the writings of Tacitus
Gaea: mother earth of Greek mythology a Thinkquest site
List of earth deities at Paganreligion.co.uk
Moist Mother Earth Slavic Gods and Goddesses; see also the dictionary of slavic gods and goddesses
The Body of the Earth: Ireland and the Passage Tombs
The Place of Mother Earth in the North European mother earth goddesses
Goddess Religion, Patriarchy, and their Reconciliation in Hesiod's Theogony
Mything links: Cross-cultural Earth Goddesses and Gods
Malta: Ancient Home to Goddesses and Fertility Cults
Goddesses from a list of gods and goddesses at Pathwalker. net
Encyclopedia of Gods, Goddesses, and Deities
Goddess Worship large list of links
Shrine of the Forgotten Goddess loads of pages to goddesses all over the world.
List of earth goddesses of the Pacific Northwest
Celebration of the feminine divine an excellent site with links to many hyms and other writings from various religious traditions
Missa Gaia ecological themes on music composed by women.
Idiophonics (Natural Sounds) in Early Japanese Women's Poetry
The Gaia Hypothesis nice summary of a modern scientific view abouit about our mother earth
The Spiral Goddess Grove New Age Site celebrating mother earth
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