Project Gutenberg 2004-04-01 Public domain in the USA. 144 Rochholz, Ernst Ludwig 1809 1892 Rochholz, E. L. (Ernst Ludwig) Drei Gaugöttinnen Reading ease score: 69.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Delphine Lettau and PG Distributed Proofreaders "Drei Gaugöttinnen" by Ernst Ludwig Rochholz is a scholarly work written in the late 19th century that delves into the role of three female saints in German folklore and their connections to ancient pagan goddesses. The text aims to explore how the figures of Walburg, Verena, and Gertrud evolved from pre-Christian deities associated with agriculture, fertility, and domesticity into revered Christian figures, highlighting the cultural transformation in Germany during the Christianization process. The opening of the work provides insight into Rochholz's motivations for examining the lives of these saints. He reflects on his academic journey and personal encounters with the worship of saints in various locales, proposing that these women's stories are deeply rooted in the historical landscape of Germanic culture. The author posits that the saints served not only as religious icons but also as embodiments of primal feminine ideals centered on duty, care, and societal structure, which were later overshadowed by patriarchal interpretations of Christianity. The section sets the stage for an in-depth investigation of the saints' historical significance, cultural symbolism, and the shifting perceptions of women's roles from ancient to modern times in the Germanic tradition. (This is an automatically generated summary.) de Mythology, Germanic Christian women saints -- Germany Women -- Germany BX Text DE Sachbuch Browsing: History - General Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal Browsing: Sociology 517535 495691 2024-10-05T15:26:29.009306 2023-10-06T03:32:08.098084 text/html text/html 506489 2020-12-14T16:41:31 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 191105 2020-12-14T16:41:31 text/html application/zip 270314 2024-10-05T15:26:39.046266 application/epub+zip 279892 2024-10-05T15:26:32.408253 application/epub+zip 263055 2024-10-05T15:26:30.959290 application/epub+zip 485567 2024-10-05T15:26:43.941198 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 475114 2024-10-05T15:26:38.075222 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 451565 2022-09-06T18:14:16.278999 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 416690 416648 2024-10-05T15:26:27.469325 2023-10-06T03:32:06.923121 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 413488 2020-12-14T16:41:31 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 176018 2020-12-14T16:41:31 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 417961 2020-12-14T16:41:31 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 175727 2020-12-14T16:41:31 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22561 2024-10-05T15:26:44.079180 application/rdf+xml 13308 2024-10-05T15:26:31.555263 image/jpeg 3363 2024-10-05T15:26:31.255248 image/jpeg 262041 2024-10-05T15:26:29.055291 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog de.wikipedia