The Deer Goddess of Ancient Siberia, A Study in the Ecology of Belief.

The Deer Goddess of Ancient Siberia, A Study in the Ecology of Belief.

Central to this study is the image of the deer within the iconography of the Early Nomads of South Siberia. By examining the symbolic structures revealed in the art and archaeology of the Early Nomads, the author challenges existing theories regarding Early Nomadic cosmology. The reconstruction of m...

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Main Author: Esther Jacobson

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden, Boston: Brill, 1992.

Series: Numen Book Series 55.
Numen Book Series Online, ISBN: 9789004380837.

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Deer in art.
Petroglyphs > Russia (Federation) > Siberia.
Art, Prehistoric > Russia (Federation) > Siberia.

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Call Number: BL2300 .J33 1993

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505 0 0 |a Preliminary Material -- The Reconstruction of Symbolic Systems -- The Image of the Deer: Theoretical Constructs -- Images and the Symbolizing Order of Images in the Art of the Early Nomads -- Rock Carvings and Paintings from the Neolithic and Aeneolithic Periods -- The Elaboration of Image and Meaning -- Deer Stones and Warriors -- In Search of the Animal Mother -- Absence and Presence -- Bibliography -- Index -- Plates -- Studies in the History of Religions Numen Bookseries. 
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