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Index j 509

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genus (genera)

Linnaeus on, 365– 366, 372– 373

“natural,” 365, 376n41

Tournefort on, 351– 352, 374– 375n3

geo- erotica, 401n4

Geoffroy, Claude- Joseph, 352, 353, 356– 358

Geranium, Sprengel’s studies of, 424

German herbals, 13th c., 264, 268f– 269f

Germany, 19th c. nature philosophers of, 430– 462

Fichte’s subjective idealism in, 438

Goethe in, 430– 431, 439– 457 (see also

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang)

Henschell in, 431

Holbach’s The System of Nature in,

432– 435, 458n9

Kant and, 435– 438, 459n25

Schelling’s nature philosophy in, 438

Schelver in, 430– 431

social environment in, 432

Geshtinanna (goddess of grape vines), 105

gharāniq,  272

“ghost maiden,” Sumerian, 106, 133n53

Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the Netherworld,  106

Gloriosa, Darwin (Erasmus) on, 395, 403n40

Gnetophyta, 484

goddesses, Aegean nature, 142– 181. See also

Aegean lands

in Bronze Age, and cataclysmic end, 174– 175

in flower ritual frescoes of women, in Crete,

145– 155 (see also flower ritual frescoes of

women, in Crete)

“goddesses- with- upraised arms,” terracotta

statues, 172, 173f, 180n64

Hades as contractile root in, 162– 163, 162f

Minoan nature, 142– 143, 144f– 145f

Minoan vs. Mycenaean art of, 168– 174,

170 f– 171f, 173f

“Mother of the Mountains,” 142– 143, 144f

Persephone, as crocus goddess, 159– 160, 161f

Persephone and Demeter

crocuses and, 163– 164, 165f,

179– 180nn49, 54

Minoan, in bowl of Phaistos, 157– 159, 159f,

161 f, 179n40

saffron crocus planting cycle and,

160– 162, 161f

seal ring images of, Minoan nature, 142– 143,

144 f– 145f

in Shaft Graves of Mycenae, 138, 167, 180n59

rulers of, 167– 168

stigma- skirted priestess of Ayia Triada,

165– 167, 166f

table dancers of Phaistos, 155– 157, 156f, 179n39

goddesses, Egypt, ancient, 114– 120, 116f– 120f

date palm, 115

flowers, 115, 120f

Hathor (“Lady of the Sycamore”), 115, 116f– 117f

Isis, 236

Neolithic gender dichotomy in, 114– 115

other, 115

sycamore fig, 115, 116f– 118f

goddesses, Greek

Aeschylus’s Furies, 200– 201

Aphrodite (goddess of love), 184, 189– 190

Artemis (Mistress of Animals), 190

Cybele (Great Mother, Meter), 186– 187,

236, 237f

Gaia (earth goddess), 184

genealog y of, 183– 185

Kybele (Meter Thea, “Mother Goddess”), 236

Rhea (Mother of the Gods), 184

goddesses, Hebrew Bible

Asherah (“Queen of Heaven”),

125– 126, 136n81

Inanna/ Ishtar, 126

goddesses, Middle Ages, Early (500

AD– 1000 AD)

A l lat, 271– 273

Al- ’Uzza (goddess of date palms), 271– 274

Quaran, pre- Islamic, 266– 272

goddesses, Persian

Ahuramazda, 126

Ameretat, 126

Azarvan, 126

Zoroastrianism, 126– 127

goddesses, Quaran, pre- Islamic, Sūra 53 and

Satanic Verses, 271– 272

goddesses, Roman

Isis, 236– 238

Juno, 230, 235

Libera, 232

Magna Mater (Cybele, “Mother of the

Mountain”), 186– 187, 236, 237f

Minerva, 230

Pomona (fruit trees), 236

Tellus (goddess of earth), 232, 238– 240, 239f