Women, myth, and the feminine principle /

"The book begins by probing the "Divine Feminine" in Tibet's Gesar of Ling, one of the most fascinating myths of all time. Especially intriguing is the hero's seemingly continuous dependency on the feminine principle for guidance. The heroine in Kalidasa's Sanskrit dram...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Knapp, Bettina Liebowitz, 1926-2010
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, ©1998.
Subjects:
Women > Mythology.
Women and religion.
Women in literature.
Femmes > Mythologie.
Femmes et religion.
Femmes dans la littérature.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The divine feminine in Tibet's Gesar of Ling
  • Kalidasa's Sanskrit drama, Sakuntala : from passivity to adamantine essence
  • The Nibelungenlied : Kriemhild and Brunhild : the obsessive/compulsive stress syndrome
  • The Quiché Mayan Popol Vuh : mother participates in the creation
  • Racine's Phaedra : "The horror of remorse"
  • Yeat's Deirdre : an Irish/Celtic feminist and heroine
  • I.B. Singer's "Yentl the Yeshival boy" : gender deconstruction and the fashioning of the modern woman.

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