auel series
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Neanderthal Religion
Totemism (individual, clan & Clan-based)Caesaro-papism (mog-ur & clan leader)Rigid sex-role division
Cro-Magnon Religion
Goddess-worship (with vestiges of an earlier totemistic phase)Artistic representation of goddess
Cro-Magnon ReligionGoddess-
worship (with vestiges of an earlier totemistic phase)Artistic representation of goddess and animals
Cro-Magnon ReligionGoddess-worship
(with vestiges of an earlier totemistic phase)Artistic representations of goddess and animalsLeadership roles - both secular & religious - open to either sex & based on merit
Cro-Magnon Religion
Goddess-worship (with vestiges of an earlier totemistic phase)Artistic representations of goddess and animalsLeadership roles - both secular & religious - open to either sex & based on meritRelations between 2 kinds of leadership is ill-defined and constantly renegotiated
Neither species of human in Auel’s books is aware of the connection between sexuality and procreation.
A Common Theme Throughout the Series
Ayla’s discovery of this connection creates a major upheaval in the social and religious structure of Cro-Magnon society.
A Common Theme Throughout the Series
Final Thoughts
Both religions maintain existence of an afterlife
Neanderthals believe theywill enter a “world of the spirits”, while Cro-Magnons believe they will be called to the presence of the Mother. Neither condition is explored in detail.
Final Thoughts
Both religions maintain existence of an afterlifeNeither ties the afterlife to behaviour
no differentiation between the post-mortem destinations of the pious and the impious, only the need to avoid becoming a wandering evil spirit, temporarily caught between this life and the next.
Final Thoughts
Both religions maintain existence of an afterlifeNeither ties the afterlife to behaviourThis-worldly religions
Final ThoughtsBoth religions maintain existence of an afterlifeNeither ties the afterlife to behaviourThis-worldly religionsAuel’s Ice Age is no paradise
Thieves, rapists, tyrants and murderers frequent the pages of the "Earth's Children" series. Even the religious specialists are depicted warts and all. Mutual animosity and prejudice between the two species
of humans is a major theme.
Final ThoughtsBoth religions maintain existence of an afterlifeNeither ties the afterlife to behaviourThis-worldly religionsAuel’s Ice Age is no paradiseAuel’s two religions based on uncertain hypotheses
The "Earth's Children" series of books is a work of fiction. It is prehistoric fiction that tries to stick as closely as possible to the known facts of archaeology, intersperses observations from near-contemporary hunter-gatherer cultures, and presents them within an attractive narrative framework. This may not be exactly the Ice Age as it was. It certainly is the Ice Age as it should have been.
Conclusion
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