How Long to Read The Dancing Goddesses: Folklore, Archaeology, and the Origins of European Dance

How Long Does it Take to Read The Dancing Goddesses: Folklore, Archaeology, and the Origins of European Dance?

It takes the average reader 7 hours and 42 minutes to read The Dancing Goddesses: Folklore, Archaeology, and the Origins of European Dance by Elizabeth Wayland Barber

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

A fascinating exploration of an ancient system of beliefs and its links to the evolution of dance. From southern Greece to northern Russia, people have long believed in female spirits, bringers of fertility, who spend their nights and days dancing in the fields and forests. So appealing were these spirit-maidens that they also took up residence in nineteenth-century Romantic literature. Archaeologist and linguist by profession, folk dancer by avocation, Elizabeth Wayland Barber has sleuthed through ethnographic lore and archaeological reports of east and southeast Europe, translating...

How long is The Dancing Goddesses: Folklore, Archaeology, and the Origins of European Dance?

The Dancing Goddesses: Folklore, Archaeology, and the Origins of European Dance by Elizabeth Wayland Barber is 448 pages long, and a total of 115,584 words.

This makes it 151% the length of the average book. It also has 141% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Dancing Goddesses: Folklore, Archaeology, and the Origins of European Dance Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 10 hours and 31 minutes to read The Dancing Goddesses: Folklore, Archaeology, and the Origins of European Dance aloud.

What Reading Level is The Dancing Goddesses: Folklore, Archaeology, and the Origins of European Dance?

The Dancing Goddesses: Folklore, Archaeology, and the Origins of European Dance is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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