Spiritual Heritages of Ancient Europe
Short video (with snake dancers) describing the course
Course Background Info and FAQ
Outline for discussion: Spheres of spiritual culture
Readings:
Oracular Priestesses: the Pythia of Delphi, Black Doves of Dodona, the Melissae, Didyma priestesses, snake oracles, and other prophetic women.
Visual resources (most have chains of links from page bottom):
Female Statue Menhirs in Europe
Cretan Goddess Seals, Snake Dancers, Orantes and Figurines
Cretan Frescos (more pages linked from bottom of pages)...
Snake Tubes in Crete, Canaan, and Nubia
Mycenaean Goddess, Gorgons, Archaic Hera...
Ecstatic Dancers, Lady of the Animals, Ortheia of Sparta...
The Libyan Connection and Prehistoric Greece, 800-650 BCE
Thetis and demotion of Goddess
Artemis Ephesia, Asiatic Pillar Goddess, the Feline-Throned...
Thracian Goddesses, Deer-Rhytons, Bendis, and Priestesses
Romanian Goddess: Altarpieces, Engraved Gemstones, Patera
Commentaries:
Commentary on Lisa Maurizio Article
Married women barred from Artemesion