Joseph Campbell revealed mythology for the general reader. His bestselling books, The Power of Myth and The Hero with a Thousand Faces, read like both blockbusters and academic classics. This book explores the female archetypes embodied in ancient deities. In it, the author traces the evolution of the feminine divine from a single Great Goddess to many goddesses, from the Neolithic to the Renaissance. It shows how the feminine divine symbolizes the archetypal energies of transformation, initiation and inspiration.