"The Concept of the Goddess explores the function and nature of goddesses and their cults in many cultures, including:* Celtic* Roman* Norse* Caucasian* Japanese traditions.The contributors explore the reasons for the existence of so many goddesses in the mythology of patriarchal societies and show that goddesses have also assumed more masculine roles, with war, hunting and sovereignty being equally important aspects of their cults."
"The Concept of the Goddess explores the function and nature of goddesses and their cults in many cultures, including:* Celtic* Roman* Norse* Caucasian* Japanese traditions.The contributors explore the reasons for the existence of so many goddesses in the mythology of patriarchal societies and show that goddesses have also assumed more masculine roles, with war, hunting and sovereignty being equally important aspects of their cults."
"Sandra Billington, Miranda Green. was herself involved in. Subjects have ranged from flower symbolism in German literature to the consecration ceremony of the Japanese emperor, from connections between dragons and saffron to funerary ..."
"Juliette. Wood. The last ten years have seen an upsurge in the study of the
feminine aspect of the sacred. Archaeologists, theologians, feminist critics,
psychologists and popular writers have produced analyses of every type
imaginable, and 'the Goddess' has become one of the buzz words of New Age,
neo-pagan and certain femmist writers. By no means everything discussed here
fits under the umbrella of the New Age: much of the schola ..."
"One of the chief arguments against a single identity for Frigg and Freyja is that
oftheir pedigrees: Frigg is the daughter of Fjörgynn, a god whose precise nature
is unknown: de Vries suggests the probability that this name was a masculine
doublet of the feminine Fjörgyn—a name given to þórr's mother, Earth.
Alternatively it could have been the name of an earlier, perhaps preGermanic,
thunder-god (de Vries 1956:II, 275). Frigg is a ..."
"Machyn, Henry, The diary of a resident in London, J.G. Nicols, ed. (London, 1848
). Manchester Mercury, 18 May 1773. Marchant, Thomas, Diary 1714–1728,
Sussex archaeological society publications, vol. 25 (1873). Mares, F.H. 'The
origin of the figure called the Vice', Huntington Library Quarterly, 22 (1958) pp. 11
–29. Mask, The (1868). Mayer, David, Harlequin in his element (Harvard
University press, 1969). Mayhew, Henry, London labo ..."
"'Historian and actress Sandra Billington takes us on an entertaining, illuminating and extremely informative journey. This unique book is essential reading for all serious fools and clowns.' Mike Leigh Who is the Fool and what does he mean to us? Pre-1900 scholars thought him a Renaissance fashion, a continental import of note in the British Isles only between 1486 and the 1630s, per his appearances in Shakespeare. But, as Sandra Billin ..."
"Sandra Billington has written three academic books about popular customs in the Middle Ages, two of which won prizes."
Coming Up for the Third Time Biography and Autobiography (Partly Fictionalised) by SandraBillington Hardcover, 344 Pages, Published 2009 by Holly Books ISBN-13: 978-0-9553613-1-9, ISBN: 0-9553613-1-1
"An innocent in the 1960s, Stephanie learned by experience how tough life could be in the theatre for a young woman. Written in the third person, this autobiography of Sandra Billington brings out of the closet some bizarre events."
"King-led outlaw defiance, riotous lords of misrule, proud midsummer mock kings, and stately Inns-of-Court princes--in diverse ways all were reflections of the dominant social order from the medieval to early Stuart periods and, as this new book makes clear, all influenced the writings of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. Billington considers kingship in the light of contemporary accounts of elected kings in outlaw and rebel groups, a ..."