# Magic, the Supernatural, and the Lost Gods of Europe

- Institution: Gresham College
- Speaker: Professor Ronald Hutton
- Year: 2023
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: History, Religion
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/series/magic-europe)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

This lecture looks at a series of divine female figures in the ancient world from the Middle East to Western Europe: Inanna, Ishtar, Astarte, Aphrodite and Venus. What they have in common, is that to varying degrees they all combined the personae of deities of sexual love and of war. It brings out the special characteristics of each, traces the relationships between them, and shows how each in the sequence, influenced the development of the next.

## Lectures

1. [Ancient Goddesses of Sex and War](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-magic-europe/427aa2f783bd) (YouTube)
2. [Were There Pagan Goddesses in Christian Europe?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-magic-europe/aef1eca8261a) (YouTube)
3. [Dragons: A History](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-magic-europe/9fd302e96be1) (YouTube)
4. [Ritual Nudity in History and Religion](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-magic-europe/a202b3b40605) (YouTube)
5. [The Western Magical Tradition](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-magic-europe/1be3e2398901) (YouTube)
6. [Witch-Hunting in European and World History](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-magic-europe/6a089c0b3d8e) (YouTube)