The white goddess

In this work, Robert Graves explores the concept of a single goddess figure that recurs in various European and pagan mythologies, often in a triple aspect as mother, daughter, and crone.

Graves argues that this goddess was central to matriarchal societies before the rise of patriarchal religion.

The book is a fusion of scholarship on folklore, mythology, religion, and poetry, and it delves into the connections between these fields and the sources of true poetry.

Graves's work is both a scholarly quest and an intensely personal document that reflects his own inspiration and creative process.