 "The White Goddess" represents an approach to the study of mythology from a decidedly creative and idiosyncratic perspective.Graves proposes the existence of a European deity, the "White Goddess of Birth, Love and Death", much similar to the "Mother Goddess", inspired and represented by the phases of the moon, who lies behind the faces of the diverse goddesses of various European and pagan mythologies.Graves argues that "true" or "pure" poetry is inextricably linked with the ancient cult-ritual of his proposed White Goddess and of her son.