ISBN:
0195104625
,
0195086392
Language:
English
Pages:
XIV, 189 S
,
Ill
,
21 cm
Edition:
1. issued as an Oxford Univ. Press pbk.
DDC:
398.21
Keywords:
Femininity of God Legends
;
Goddesses Legends
;
Goddess religion
;
Göttin
;
Mythos
;
Mythologie
Abstract:
From the fertile earth mothers of the ancient world to the modern revival of interest in Wicca, or witchcraft, images and tales of the Female Divine have flourished and wned, intimidated, compforted and inspired women and men form time immemorial. In Goddess, David Leeming and Jake Page gather some 75 of the most potent and meaningful tales of the Female Divine in an extraordinarily rich and readable introduction of this figure. Told as a biography, this work follows Goddess from her first Ice Age appearance to her re-emergence as a powerful force in the myths of modern religion, psychology and science. In a work as compelling as nay novel, we observe Goddess worshipped, belittled, denied and rediscovered. Through this process, we gain new insight into the changing role of women and our continuing development as a species
Abstract:
From the fertile earth mothers of the ancient world to the modern revival of interest in Wicca, or witchcraft, images and tales of the Female Divine have flourished and wned, intimidated, compforted and inspired women and men form time immemorial. In Goddess, David Leeming and Jake Page gather some 75 of the most potent and meaningful tales of the Female Divine in an extraordinarily rich and readable introduction of this figure. Told as a biography, this work follows Goddess from her first Ice Age appearance to her re-emergence as a powerful force in the myths of modern religion, psychology and science. In a work as compelling as nay novel, we observe Goddess worshipped, belittled, denied and rediscovered. Through this process, we gain new insight into the changing role of women and our continuing development as a species
Description / Table of Contents:
I The Birth of the Archetype: Earth Goddess -- She -- Okanaga Earth Woman -- Kunapipi -- Nut -- Sun Woman -- Devi-Shakti -- II The Flowering of the Archetype: Great Mother -- Nunkwi -- Kali -- Oya -- Pele -- Tlillan -- Spider Woman -- Thinking Woman -- Astarte -- Romi Kumu -- Coadidop -- Kagaba Mother -- White Buffalo Woman -- Ala -- Coatlicue -- Hathor -- Ua Zit and Maat -- Danu -- III The Male and the Archetype: Fertility Goddess -- Mawu -- Eurynome -- Amaterasu -- Cherokee Sun -- Inanna -- Demeter and Persephone -- Sati -- Rabie -- Hainuwele -- Corn Mother -- Isis -- Cybele -- IV The Undermining of the Archetype: Goddess Abused -- Parvati -- Changing Woman -- Izanami -- Mboze and Bunzi -- Hera (I) -- Rhea -- Hera (II) -- Tiamat -- Ganga -- Ishtar -- Asherah -- Lilith -- Eve -- Pandora -- Medusa -- Chimera -- Circe -- Penelope -- Vritra and Danu -- Vagina Girls -- Kuan Yin -- V The Sublimation of the Archetype: Goddess Disguised -- Athena -- Artemis -- Aphrodite -- Durga -- Anat -- Maeve -- Rhiannon -- Freyja -- Frigg -- Hecate -- Bridget -- Mary -- Maya -- I The Return of the Archetype: Goddess Revived -- Virgin of Guadalupe -- Draupadi -- Wicca -- Sophia -- La Loba -- Gaia Hypothesis.
Description / Table of Contents:
Includes bibliographical references.
Note:
Originally published: 1994
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