The Many Faces of Venus: The Planet Venus in Ancient Myth and Religion is a soft cover book of 222 pages published by AEON Press.
This book by Ev Cochrane, a member of the Kronia Group, is an indispensable guide to the mythology of Venus as Queen of Heaven and terrible goddess. On the subject of Venus as the Great Comet, no other book compares to this exhaustive treatment.
Preface
1. Introduction
2. The Female Star
3. Inanna
4. Venus in Pawnee Lore
5. Venus in Ancient Art
6. The Saturn Theory
7. Mons Veneris
8. Interlude
9. Aphrodite
10. The Venus-Comet
11. Comet Lore
12. The "Witch Star"
13. The Eye-Goddess
14. Hathor
15. Venus and the Celestial Hereafter
16. Towards a Natural History of Mythology
17. Conclusion
The present book is the
first in a series of volumes exploring the role of the planet Venus in
ancient myth and religion. Our ultimate goal is to offer a comparative
analysis of Venus-lore and determine whether a consistent and meaningful
pattern can be reconstructed from the many seemingly contradictory and
incongruous descriptions of the planet. If such a pattern can be
demonstrated, important questions arise as to its origin and ultimate
significance.
It should be stated at the
outset that The Many Faces of Venus is very much a work in progress and
more a series of vignettes or snapshots than a full-fledged documentary.
This is a direct result of the vastness and complexity of the subject
matter. Each of the included chapters, if fully elaborated and properly
illustrated, could easily fill a volume on its own. In order to pursue
and properly analyze all of the intriguing leads uncovered during the
course of this research, dozens of additional chapters would have been
necessary. Yet it was necessary to draw the line somewhere, for better
or for worse. Rather than delay publication further, the decision was
made to forge ahead and give readers a sense of the compelling
controversy at hand.
The Many Faces of Venus
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