02682nam 2200601Ia 450 991045211880332120200520144314.01-280-52743-90-19-802503-31-4294-1546-0(CKB)1000000000468085(EBL)272918(OCoLC)476013274(SSID)ssj0000152755(PQKBManifestationID)11147345(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000152755(PQKBWorkID)10339660(PQKB)10235945(MiAaPQ)EBC272918(Au-PeEL)EBL272918(CaPaEBR)ebr10279269(CaONFJC)MIL52743(OCoLC)466428557(EXLCZ)99100000000046808519950911d1997 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe faces of the goddess[electronic resource] /Lotte MotzNew York Oxford University Press19971 online resource (289 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-508967-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. 256-270) and index.Contents; Introduction; 1. The Great Mother; 2. The Rise of a Goddess in Our Time; 3. Reverence of Nature: Northern Eurasia; 4. The Creativity of Suffering: The Eskimo; 5. The Lady of the Manor: Latvia; 6. The Human Condition: Mesopotamia; 7. The Mountain Mother: Anatolia; 8. Demeter, the Ravished Earth: Greece; 9. The Exaltation of Death: Mexico; 10. Amaterasu and Her Sacred Land: Japan; Conclusion; Abbreviations; Appendix A. The Sedna Tales; Appendix B. Derivation of the Goddesses; Appendix C. Development and Growth of the Goddesses; Appendix D. Classical Authors and WorksAppendix E. Mexican SourcesNotes; Bibliography; Picture Credits; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; ZMany contemporary feminists believe that early humans worshipped a nurturing Mother Goddess, who was displaced by autocratic male deities. This book examines the maternal deities of various cultures and religions but finds no signs of a common origin for a primordial ""Great Mother.""Femininity of GodMother goddessesElectronic books.Femininity of God.Mother goddesses.291.2114Motz Lotte501635MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452118803321The faces of the goddess2223836UNINA