
Queens of the Wild
Pagan Goddesses in Christian Europe: An Investigation
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Gary Paul Williams
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Ronald Hutton
A concise history of the goddess-like figures who evade both Christian and pagan traditions, from the medieval period to the present day
In this riveting account, renowned scholar Ronald Hutton explores the history of deity-like figures in Christian Europe. Drawing on anthropology, archaeology, literature, and history, Hutton shows how hags, witches, the fairy queen, and the Green Man all came to be, and how they changed over the centuries.
Looking closely at four main figures—Mother Earth, the Fairy Queen, the Mistress of the Night, and the Old Woman of Gaelic tradition—Hutton challenges decades of debate around the female figures who have long been thought versions of pre-Christian goddesses. He makes the compelling case that these goddess figures found in the European imagination did not descend from the pre-Christian ancient world, yet have nothing Christian about them. It was in fact nineteenth-century scholars who attempted to establish the narrative of pagan survival that persists today.
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Another informative book by Roland Hutton
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Poorly edited narration
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The narrator, however, sounds like a screen-reader or AI. I actually thought it might be AI, though a mispronunciation of “hegemony” makes me have to consider that it could have been an actual human. I have listened to books that I plugged in to paid screen-reading programs, and the effect is identical to this narration—no emotion, no sense that the words mean anything to the reader. I’ve heard bad narration in my time, but this is truly the worst I’ve ever encountered in a lifetime of audiobook listening.
Buy the hard copy book and spare yourself the narration. I’m only still listening because it’s currently free with my subscription. I can’t even absorb much of the information when it’s so monotonously delivered, so doing a second read is genuinely required.
Fantastic historical work; worst narrator I’ve ever heard
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I enjoy Hutton's scholarship and research, but this audio version by Tantor Media is plain garbage. Put your money towards a physical copy instead, or if visually-impaired use your regular software reader.
Avoid Audiobook, buy the Physical.
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AI narrator
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