02959nam 2200709uu 450 991097468490332120200520144314.00-19-773909-11-280-52743-90-19-802503-31-4294-1546-010.1093/oso/9780195089677.001.0001(CKB)1000000000468085(EBL)272918(OCoLC)476013274(SSID)ssj0000152755(PQKBManifestationID)11147345(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000152755(PQKBWorkID)10339660(PQKB)10235945(Au-PeEL)EBL272918(CaPaEBR)ebr10279269(CaONFJC)MIL52743(OCoLC)466428557(MiAaPQ)EBC272918(OCoLC)1406785276(StDuBDS)9780197739099(OCoLC)33162338(FINmELB)ELB168897(EXLCZ)99100000000046808519980209e20231997 |y |engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe faces of the goddess /Lotte MotzNew York ;Oxford University Press,2023.1 online resource (289 pages)Oxford scholarship onlineBibliography: p256-270. - Includes index.Previously issued in print: 1997.0-19-508967-7 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 Works; Appendix E. Mexican Sources; Notes; Bibliography; Picture Credits; IndexMany 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.".Oxford scholarship online.Mother goddessesFemininity of GodMother goddesses.Femininity of God.291.2114Motz Lotte501635DLCDLCUkStDuBDSZStDuBDSZBOOK9910974684903321The faces of the goddess4525255UNINA