Book Description
Recounts the story of the grain protectress, an image that has persisted from the ancient Near East to the classical world and still survives in folksongs and village celebrations today.
Author : Pamela C. Berger
Publisher : Beacon Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 48,36 MB
Release : 1988-02-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780807067239
Recounts the story of the grain protectress, an image that has persisted from the ancient Near East to the classical world and still survives in folksongs and village celebrations today.
Author : Pamela C. Berger
Publisher :
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 22,14 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Goddesses
ISBN : 9780709033387
Author : Shahrukh Husain
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 35,81 MB
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 9780472089345
From the dawn of the human race, the idea of a Mother Goddess has been an archetype found in every culture and every era--and this fascinating study explores all of her many faces and multitude of roles
Author : David R. Kinsley
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 46,67 MB
Release : 1989-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780887068355
Discusses the cultural background and meaning of ten goddesses, including Aphrodite, Isis, Athena, Durga, Laksmi, and Sita
Author : Dr Hilda Ellis Davidson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 49,45 MB
Release : 2002-01-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1134778015
While much work has been done on goddesses of the ancient world and the male gods of pre-Christian Scandinavia, the northern goddesses have been largely neglected. Roles of the Northern Goddess presents a highly readable study of the worship of these goddesses by men and women. With its use of evidence from early literature, popular tradition, legend and archaeology, this book investigates the role of the early hunting goddess and the local goddesses who were involved in all aspects of the household and the farm. What emerges is that the goddess was both benevolent and destructive, a powerful figure closely concerned with birth and death and with destiny of individuals.
Author : Patricia Monaghan
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 529 pages
File Size : 28,77 MB
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1438110375
Presents an illustrated A to Z reference containing over 1,000 entries providing information on Celtic myths, fables and legends from Ireland, Scotland, Celtic Britain, Wales, Brittany, central France, and Galicia.
Author : Carolyn Merchant
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 48,71 MB
Release : 2012-10-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1136190147
This is a new edition of the classic examination of major philosophical, ethical, scientific and economic roots of environmental problems which examines the ways that radical ecologists can transform science and society in order to sustain life on this planet. It features a new Introduction from the author, a thorough updating of chapters, and two entirely new chapters on recent Global Movements and Globalization and the Environment.
Author : Carolyn Merchant
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 47,99 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0415644259
Visionary quests to return to the Garden of Eden have shaped Western culture from Columbus' voyages to today's tropical island retreats. Few narratives are so powerful - and, as Carolyn Merchant shows, so misguided and destructive - as the dream of recapturing a lost paradise. A sweeping account of these quixotic endeavors by one of America's leading environmentalists, Reinventing Eden traces the idea of rebuilding the primeval garden from its origins to its latest incarnations in shopping malls, theme parks and gated communities. With eloquence and insight, Merchant shows how the drive to conquer nature and to explore and settle the globe, springs from this utopian pastoral impulse throughout Western history. Time and again, human manipulation of the environment is our downfall: Eden is achieved by fencing off pristine beauty in national parks and wildlife preserves, while leaving the majority of the earth in ruins. Challenging both narratives, Merchant argues that the green veneer of city-park conservation has become a cover for the corruption of the earth and the neglect of its environment. Reinventing Eden is a bold new way to think about the earth that includes green political parties, sustainable development and a partnership between humans and earth that is nothing short of an ecological revolution.
Author : Enrique Florescano
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 50,83 MB
Release : 2002-11-29
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780801871016
In this comprehensive study, Enrique Florescano traces the spread of the worship of the Plumed Serpent, and the multiplicity of interpretations that surround him, by comparing the Palenque inscriptions (ca. A.D. 690), the Vienna Codex (pre-Hispanic Conquest), the Historia de los Mexicanos (1531), the Popul Vuh (ca. 1554), and numerous other texts. He also consults and reproduces archeological evidence from Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua, demonstrating how the myth of Quetzalcoatl extends throughout Mesoamerica.
Author : Gail Ramshaw
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 44,66 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780800627744
The debate about God-language has two opposing extremes. One side maintains that biblical language and masculine pronouns must be retained. The other argues that female imagery for God is preferable. Now Gail Ramshaw presents a third position, urging the inclusion of many images for God, the correction of others, and the total avoidance of any pronouns.