The Great Cosmic Mother vs The white goddess: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Goddess religion, Goddesses, Religion
The Great Cosmic Mother
“Apollo, the patriarchal Sun God of classic Greece, was a mythological · latecomer to the oracular shrine at Delphi, though now he is always associated with it. Apollo began as an underground oracular hero, in fact, and his name means "apple-man." In classic myth, he could not rule ar Delphi until he had slain the sacred python with his arrows (or phallic sunbeams), as Zeus had also killed the”
This classic exploration of the Goddess through time and throughout the world draws on religious, cultural, and archaeological sources to recreate the Goddess religion that is humanity's heritage. Now, with a new…
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The white goddess
The definitive edition of one of the more extraordinary and influential books of our time This labyrinthine and extraordinary book, first published more than sixty years ago, was the outcome of Robert Graves's vast…
The verdict
- Readers rate The white goddess highest: The white goddess 4.0 · The Great Cosmic Mother 3.8.
- The white goddess has the widest readership — 3662 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| The Great Cosmic Mother | The white goddess | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.0 (3662) |
| Hardcover | 5.0 (1) | 3.6 (9) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (7) |
Reception
| The Great Cosmic Mother | The white goddess | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 4 | 3662 |
| Editions | 6 | 47 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 12194 |
| Reading it now | — | 570 |
| Written reviews | — | 259 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 4327 |
| Pages | 501 | 511 |