Title Goddess : myths of the female divine / David Leeming and Jake Page.

Imprint

New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.

Connect to
Connect to http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0724/94018604-b.html
Connect to http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0638/94018604-d.html

Copies

Location	Call No.	Status
Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Adult Department	291.2114 LEEMING	Check Shelf
University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location	291.2114 L485G	Check Shelf
University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location	291.2114 L485G c.2	Check Shelf

Description	xiv, 189 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-183) and index.
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 -- VI. The Return of the Archetype: Goddess Revived.
Summary	David Leeming and Jake Page gather some seventy-five of the most potent and meaningful of these tales in an extraordinary rich and readable introduction of this divine figure as she has emerged from prehistory to the present.
Subject	Femininity of God -- Legends.
	Goddesses -- Legends.
	Goddess religion.
	Femininity of God. (OCoLC)fst00922667
	Goddess religion. (OCoLC)fst00944175
	Goddesses. (OCoLC)fst00944180
	Anthologie (DE-588)1031756477
	Erzählung (DE-588)4015464-6
	Große Göttin (DE-588)4205295-6
	Göttin Motiv (DE-588)4195710-6
	Göttin (DE-588)4021474-6
	Mythologie (DE-588)4041005-5
	Anthologie.
Indexed Term	Deities Folklore
Genre/Form	Legends. (OCoLC)fst01423803
	Legends.
Added Author	Page, Jake.
Other Form:	Online version: Leeming, David Adams, 1937- Goddess. New York : Oxford University Press, 1994 (OCoLC)891910794
ISBN	0195086392
	9780195086393
	0195104625
	9780195104622

-->

Permanent Link

Add a Review

Title Goddess : myths of the female divine / David Leeming and Jake Page.

Copies

Library Links

Search Tools

Language Settings