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The dancing goddesses : folklore, archaeology, and the origins of European dance / Elizabeth Wayland Barber.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Norton, 2013.Edition: First editionDescription: 429 p. : ill., ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780393065367 (hardcover)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 398.209496 23
LOC classification:
  • GR139.5 .B37 2013
Contents:
Introduction: Dancing as Life -- Part One. Dancing the Year : The Ritual Cycle of Fertility -- Swan Maidens, Mermaids, and Tree Spirits -- Marking Time -- To Bring the Spring -- Dancing Up a Storm -- Crazy Week; Rusalia Week -- Flowers with Powers -- Midsummer Rusalii -- Friday, St. Friday -- The Twelve Days of Christmas -- Part Two. Bride for Fertility : The Frog Princes -- The Cosmic Arrow -- Bride Testing -- Trial by Dance -- The Magic Sleeve Dance -- Second Skins -- The Hut on Chicken Legs -- Koshchey the Deathless -- Part Three. Dancing Back through Time -- Medieval Traces -- Roman Show Biz -- Dancing with the Greeks -- Back to the Bronze Age -- Dancing at the Dawn of Agriculture -- Part Four. Gotta Dance! -- Keeping Together in Time -- Dancing the Time Warp -- Epilogue: Dancing Divinity -- Appendix: Bracelets from Kiev with Ritual Motifs.
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Books Books VWML Off-site storage GRQ 10 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Reference only (7-10 days notice needed. Contact a member of staff.) 18410

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Dancing as Life -- Part One. Dancing the Year : The Ritual Cycle of Fertility -- Swan Maidens, Mermaids, and Tree Spirits -- Marking Time -- To Bring the Spring -- Dancing Up a Storm -- Crazy Week; Rusalia Week -- Flowers with Powers -- Midsummer Rusalii -- Friday, St. Friday -- The Twelve Days of Christmas -- Part Two. Bride for Fertility : The Frog Princes -- The Cosmic Arrow -- Bride Testing -- Trial by Dance -- The Magic Sleeve Dance -- Second Skins -- The Hut on Chicken Legs -- Koshchey the Deathless -- Part Three. Dancing Back through Time -- Medieval Traces -- Roman Show Biz -- Dancing with the Greeks -- Back to the Bronze Age -- Dancing at the Dawn of Agriculture -- Part Four. Gotta Dance! -- Keeping Together in Time -- Dancing the Time Warp -- Epilogue: Dancing Divinity -- Appendix: Bracelets from Kiev with Ritual Motifs.

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