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The Dancing Goddesses Audiobook

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by Elizabeth Wayland Barber

  • Narrated by: Julia Farhat
  • Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins
  • Release date: 05-21-13
  • Language: English
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A fascinating exploration of an ancient system of beliefs and its links to the evolution of dance.

From southern Greece to northern Russia, people have long believed in female spirits, bringers of fertility, who spend their nights and days dancing in the fields and forests. So appealing were these spirit-maidens that they also took up residence in 19th-century Romantic literature. Archaeologist and linguist by profession, folk dancer by avocation, Elizabeth Wayland Barber has sleuthed through ethnographic lore and archaeological reports of east and southeast Europe, translating enchanting folktales about these “dancing goddesses” as well as eyewitness accounts of traditional rituals – texts that offer new perspectives on dance in agrarian society. She then traces these goddesses and their dances back through the Romans and Greeks to the first farmers of Europe. Along the way, she locates the origins of many customs, including coloring Easter eggs and throwing rice at the bride. The result is a detective story like no other and a joyful reminder of the human need to dance.

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Authorr

Elizabeth Wayland Barber

Language

English

Length

11 hrs and 43 mins

Narrated by

Julia Farhat

Release date

05-21-13

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