EDEN IN THE ALTAI: THE PREHISTORIC GOLDEN AGE AND THE MYTHIC ORIGINS OF HUMANITY
Book ID/图书代码： 06568018C00099
English Summary/英文概要： Myths of a Golden Age, a paradise at the beginning of human existence, are nearly universal in all cultures. But where was this “Eden” located? Refuting the traditional assumption that the cultures of the Middle East and Mycenae filtered northward into Europe and North Asia, noted historian Geoffrey Ashe instead identifies the northern Altai mountain range and Lake Baikal region of southern Siberia as the true cultural home of humanity and the source of the widespread myths of a prehistoric Golden Age.
With evidence dating back as far as 24,000 BC, Ashe shows how the culture of prehistoric southern Siberia was matrifocal, Goddess-worshiping, and heavily shamanic and served as the progenitor of advanced ancient culture in the Western world, the missing link that later influenced Indian, Middle Eastern, Native American, and European society, culture, and religion. He reveals how ancient Altaic culture was the source of the pervasive mythic symbolism of the number 7, found in cosmologies and mythological traditions around the world, as well as reverence for the seven stars of Ursa Major, the Big Dipper, and the idea of a “sacred mountain to the North.”
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 黄金时代的神话，人类存在之初的天堂，几乎在所有文化中都是普遍存在的。但是这个“伊甸园”位于哪里呢?驳斥传统假设中东和迈锡尼文化过滤向北进入欧洲和亚洲北部,著名历史学家杰弗里•阿西娅标识而不是北方阿尔泰山脉和南西伯利亚的贝加尔湖地区的真正文化的人性和源史前黄金时代的普遍的神话。
证据可追溯到公元前24000年,阿西娅展示了史前文化的西伯利亚南部以母亲为中心,女神崇拜和大萨满作为祖先的古代文化在西方世界，缺失的环节，后来影响了印度，中东，美洲原住民和欧洲的社会、文化和宗教。他揭示了古代阿尔泰语的文化是无处不在的神话象征意义的来源，宇宙论和世界各地的神话学的习俗，以及对大熊星座的七星北斗七星的想法——“神圣的山北。”（WYL）
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About the Author/作者介绍： 杰弗里•阿什被广泛认为是世界上最杰出的亚瑟王专家之一，著有《亚瑟王的阿瓦隆》和《亚瑟王的发现》等多部著作。阿什于1963年成为英国皇家文学学会会员，2012年被任命为大英帝国勋章(MBE)成员。他住在格拉斯顿伯里。Geoffrey Ashe is widely regarded as one of the leading Arthurian specialists in the world and is author of several books, including King Arthur’s Avalon and The Discovery of King Arthur. Ashe became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1963 and was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 2012. He lives in Glastonbury.
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