| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 280 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
OUP E-Books
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| Contents |
The great mother-- The rise of a goddess in our time -- Reverence of nature : Northern Eurasia -- The creativity of suffering : the Eskimo -- The lady of the manor : Lativa -- The human condition : Mesopotamia -- The mountain mother : Anatolia -- Demeter, the ravished earth : Greece -- The exaltation of death : Mexico -- Amaterasu and her sacred land : Japan |
| Summary |
Many contemporary feminists believe that early humans worshipped a nurturing Mother Goddess, who was subsequently displaced by autocratic male deities. This book examines the maternal deities of various cultures and religions and finds no signs of a common origin, and thus no evidence for a primordial "Great Mother." Its conclusions stand in stark contradiction to the prevailing view |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 256-270) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Mother goddesses.
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Femininity of God.
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RELIGION -- Comparative Religion.
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Femininity of God
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Mother goddesses
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Godinnen.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
95041494 |
| ISBN |
1429415460 |
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9781429415460 |
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1280527439 |
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9781280527432 |
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9786610527434 |
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6610527431 |
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