The Serpent and the Goddess: Women, Religion, and Power in Celtic Ireland

by Mary Condren

Book Overview

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062501569
• ISBN13: 9780062501561
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: HarperOne
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Invite Home the Power of the Irish Feminine

This book should not be out of print, furthermore, every Irish descendant should read it. The Serpent and the Goddess is an in-depth exploration of the demise of the feminine in Ireland by a Romanized and patriarchal Christian tradition. Condren pulls no punches and she probably could have thrown a few more. The hopeful aire to the book is the fact that the Irish feminine has not disappeared, and her piece by piece, step by step mapping of the suppression of the feminine in the Celtic traditions is done in such a manner to almost offer a prophetic vision of her return, within both primal, druidic as well as in Celtic Christian ways.

An Ancient Goddess is Transformed into a Saint

A history of the many faces of the Celtic Bridget, from Goddess to Catholic Saint. Read about the legends and the politics that forced changes to them.