Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. List of Illustrations VII
4. Editor's Preface XI
5. Acknowledgments XIII
6. Editor's Introduction XV
7. Part I: Religion in Prepatriarchal Europe
8. 1. Images of Goddesses and Gods 1
9. 2. Symbols, Signs, and Sacred Script 43
10. 3. The Tomb and the Womb 55
11. 4. Temples 72
12. 5. Sacred Stone and Wood Ceremonial Centers 99
13. 6. Matrilineal Social Structure as Mirrored in Religion and Myth 112
14. Part II: The Living Goddesses
15. 7. The Minoan Religion in Crete 127
16. 8. The Greek Religion 151
17. 9. The Etruscan Religion 165
18. 10. The Basque Religion 172
19. 11. The Celtic Religion 176
20. 12. The Germanic Religion 188
21. 13. The Baltic Religion 197
22. Editor's Afterword 215
23. Editor's Notes 217
24. Glossary 231
25. Selected Bibliography 235
26. Index 261