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Record Number
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000275900
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ISBN
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 9780761860624 (paper : alk. paper)
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Main Entry
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Benigni, Helem
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Title
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The mythology of venus / Helen Benigni.
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Imprint
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Lanham, MD : University Press of America, 2013.
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Descr.
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xiii, 121 p.
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Language
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eng
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Bibliogr.
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Includese bibliographical references
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Contents
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The emergence of the goddess: a study of Venus in the Paleolithic and Neolithic era / Helen Benigni -- The epiphany of the goddess: a study of Venus in the Bronze and Iron Age / Helen Benigni -- Love Goddesses of the early historic age / Miriam Robbins Dexter -- Venus, the Caillichin na Mochoirighe of Newgrange, Ireland / Anthony Murphy -- Appendix I: the astronomy of the nights of Venus / Barbara Carter -- Appendix II: the eight year cycle of Venus / Barbara Carter -- Appendix III: Of Kukulcan and Quetzalcoatl: Venus in Mesoamerica / R. P. Hale
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Abstract
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The Mythology of Venus is a collection of essays that summarizes the archaeoastronomy, calendar associations, religious and cultural icons, and myths identified with the planet Venus.
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Per.Sub.
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Venus (Roman deity)
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Venus (Planet)
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Subject - Lib.Cong.
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Aphrodite, (Greek deity)
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Holdings
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All items
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holdings (2)
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Blegen Library
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Holdings (5)
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Only filtered items
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