ARGONAUT BOOKS

A concise history of the goddess-like figures who evade both Christian and pagan traditions, from the medieval period to the present day Reviews "Europe's pagan traditions never seem to have been stamped out. Instead, parts of them have been with us all along, as [Hutton] demonstrates in his sprightly-and spritely-account of four female figures: Mother Earth; the Fairy Queen; the Lady of the Night; and the Cailleach of the Gaelic tradition."-Peter Stanford, Daily Telegraph"Hutton's arguments are thoughtful and convincing. . . . [He] propose[s] these archetypes as 'new superh...Read More