"Mother Earth" is an Ancient Meme in the Global North: Continuity between Eurasian-American "Mother Earth" Concepts Demonstrated in the Athabaskan Case
In this response to Sam Gill, I contend that European colonizers were not the first to combine and synthesize the goddesses of Eurasia and North America. I suggest that Athabaskan-speaking Native Americans share one identifiable Mother Earth concept with Yeniseian linguistic cousins in post-neolithi...
| Outros títulos: | "Special Issue Forum: On Mother Earth" |
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| Tipo de documento: | Recurso Electrónico Artigo |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
| Verificar disponibilidade: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2024
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Journal for the study of religion, nature and culture
Ano: 2024, Volume: 18, Número: 2, Páginas: 204-216 |
| Outras palavras-chave: | B
Sam Gill
B Mother Earth B Religião |
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| Resumo: | In this response to Sam Gill, I contend that European colonizers were not the first to combine and synthesize the goddesses of Eurasia and North America. I suggest that Athabaskan-speaking Native Americans share one identifiable Mother Earth concept with Yeniseian linguistic cousins in post-neolithic Siberia. Further, I regard this concept as congenitally related to a particular Mother Earth deity common to late ancient north Europe, via the multiethnic cultural continuum of the grassland steppe corridor connecting ancient central Europe to Siberia. |
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| ISSN: | 1749-4915 |
| Reference: | Kritik von "What is Mother Earth? (2024)"
Kritik in "Comments on Responses to "What is Mother Earth?" (2024)" |
| Obras secundárias: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of religion, nature and culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/jsrnc.27462 |
