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The faces of the goddess /

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 primordi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Motz, Lotte
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
Colección:OUP E-Books.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.