Goddess, The

An invention of 19th and 20th century occultism and speculations about prehistory (as opposed to particular goddesses, of whom there are and have been plenty).

In particular, the European witch-hunts were not attempts by the Church to suppress Her worship.

Cynthia Eller, The Myth of Matriarchal Prehistory: Why an Invented Past Will Not Give Women a Future [Mostly very well-written, and quite annihilating. Points out that, truth or falsity of the myth aside, it isn't even expedient.]
Lucy Goodison and Christine Morris (eds.), Ancient Goddesses: The Myths and the Evidence [Review: And Never Called Her Mother]
Ronald Hutton, The Triumph of the Moon: A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft

Philip G. Davis, Goddess Unmasked: The Rise of Neopagan Feminist Spirituality
Cynthia Eller, From Mother-Right to Glynany, 1861--2000 [Promised as "forthcoming" in her Myth, but apparently not in print yet]
Judith M. Hadley, The Cult of Asherah in Ancient Israel and Judah: Evidence for a Hebrew Goddess
Ronald Hutton, The Pagan Religions of the Ancient British Isles: Their Nature and Legacy
Rosemary Radford Ruether, Goddesses and the Divine Feminine: A Western Religious History [Blurb]

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Goddess, The