The faces of the goddess /
Motz, Lotte.
The faces of the goddess / Lotte Motz. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1997. - 1 online resource (vii, 280 pages) : illustrations - - OUP E-Books. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 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.
1429415460 (electronic bk.) 9781429415460 (electronic bk.) 1280527439 9781280527432 9786610527434 6610527431 (Cloth)
95041494
Mother goddesses.
Femininity of God.
Déesses mères.
Dieu--Féminité.
RELIGION--Comparative Religion.
Femininity of God.
Mother goddesses.
Godinnen.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
BL325.M6 / M68 1997eb
291.2/114
The faces of the goddess / Lotte Motz. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1997. - 1 online resource (vii, 280 pages) : illustrations - - OUP E-Books. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 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.
1429415460 (electronic bk.) 9781429415460 (electronic bk.) 1280527439 9781280527432 9786610527434 6610527431 (Cloth)
95041494
Mother goddesses.
Femininity of God.
Déesses mères.
Dieu--Féminité.
RELIGION--Comparative Religion.
Femininity of God.
Mother goddesses.
Godinnen.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
BL325.M6 / M68 1997eb
291.2/114