The faces of the goddess:
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1. Verfasser: Motz, Lotte (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Oxford University Press 1997
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. 256-270) and index
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
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
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (vii, 280 p.)
ISBN:1280527439
1429415460
9780195089677
9781280527432
9781429415460

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