Mother Earth’ is an Ancient Meme in the Global North
Continuity between Eurasian-American ‘Mother Earth’ Concepts Demonstrated in the Athabaskan Case
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12901338 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joseph A P Wilson (0000-0002-2231-4196, University of Massachusetts Amherst, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 204-216 |
| Publication date | 2024-03-13 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal for the Study of Religion Nature and Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1749-4907 • E-ISSN: 1749-4915 |
| Publisher | Equinox Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1558/jsrnc.27462 |
| OpenAlex | W4392761958 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 22 |
In this response to Sam Gill, I contend that European colonizers were not the first to combine and synthesize the goddesses of Eurasia and North America. I suggest that Athabaskan-speaking Native Americans share one identifiable Mother Earth concept with Yeniseian linguistic cousins in post-neolithic Siberia. Further, I regard this concept as congenitally related to a particular Mother Earth deity common to late ancient north Europe, via the multiethnic cultural continuum of the grassland steppe corridor connecting ancient central Europe to Siberia
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |