Women in MythState University of New York Press, 1996 M12 5 - 270 páginas In Women in Myth, Bettina L. Knapp explores the role played by women in ancient societies through analysis of specific myths from nine different lands. The author probes issues as to how figures such as Isis, Tiamat, Dido, Camilla, Deborah, Iphigenia, Salome, Sita, Amaterasu, Nü-Kwa, and others—some of whom were goddesses—fared. She discusses their abilities and their outlooks, whether their views were gender oriented or androgynous, whether they were deprived of the most basic human rights or excluded from the highest functions of religious worship. Knapp explores whether or not these women had done battle, led armies, founded states, ruled lands, or experienced identity crises. She allows the reader to establish parallels as well as dichotomies between the lives of ancient and contemporary women. The reliving of specific episodes from thousands of years ago as reported in the great myths brings insights into certain relationships and sheds light on events and their ramifications in today's home and workplace. |
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... figures such as Isis , Tiamat , Dido , Camilla , Deborah , Iphigenia , Salome , Sita , Amaterasu , Nü - Kwa , Hsi Wang Mu , and others — some of whom were goddesses - fare in the world of fabulation ? What were they like ? What were ...
... figures such as Isis , Tiamat , Dido , Camilla , Deborah , Iphigenia , Salome , Sita , Amaterasu , Nü - Kwa , Hsi Wang Mu , and others — some of whom were goddesses - fare in the world of fabulation ? What were they like ? What were ...
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... figure , or power living within the writings presented is apt to arouse a psychological response . Only she or he knows - or may discover in the process of the analyses that follow - the reasons for such an occurrence . To study the ...
... figure , or power living within the writings presented is apt to arouse a psychological response . Only she or he knows - or may discover in the process of the analyses that follow - the reasons for such an occurrence . To study the ...
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... figures , they are endowed with a religious quality . " Religious " here must be understood in the sense of religio ( Latin , " linking back " ) . Readers who identify with certain elements of the myth are in effect sharing in the ...
... figures , they are endowed with a religious quality . " Religious " here must be understood in the sense of religio ( Latin , " linking back " ) . Readers who identify with certain elements of the myth are in effect sharing in the ...
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... figures . Not only did she possess the compassion to comfort her people with wise words when they needed understanding but she had the courage and capac- ity to adjudicate as well . Her profound faith in the Covenant of God gave her ...
... figures . Not only did she possess the compassion to comfort her people with wise words when they needed understanding but she had the courage and capac- ity to adjudicate as well . Her profound faith in the Covenant of God gave her ...
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... figure , while Salome , her embryonic psyche still embedded in the archaic folds of her subliminal spheres , is con- sidered amoral . Not only is Salome divested of an identity in the original myth but her name is not even mentioned in ...
... figure , while Salome , her embryonic psyche still embedded in the archaic folds of her subliminal spheres , is con- sidered amoral . Not only is Salome divested of an identity in the original myth but her name is not even mentioned in ...
Contenido
1 | |
The Feminine Maligned | 21 |
JudgeProphetPoetMilitary Leader | 45 |
Marriage or Sacrificial Altar? | 69 |
MotherDaughter Identification | 87 |
Let Us Sing of Arms and Women | 111 |
The Divine Amaterasu | 141 |
Chinas Fragmented Goddess Images | 169 |
Sita Sanctified | 201 |
Conclusion | 239 |
Bibliography | 249 |
Index | 261 |
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Aeneas Aeneas's Aeneid Amaterasu ancient and/or Antipas Antipas's Apsu archetypal Artemis Atum Ayodhya Barak beautiful became become birth body brother Camilla Canaanite Carthage century B.C.E. Ch'ang-O Chinese consciousness considered cosmic cult culture dance daughter death Deborah deity Dido Dido's divine earth earthly emperor energy Enuma Elish eternal evil existence father fear feelings female feminine force forest goddess gods Greek Heaven Herod Herodias Hindu Horus Hsi Wang Hsi Wang Mu human husband ibid identified immortality inner Iphigenia Isis Isis's Israelites Izanagi Jael Josephus Judg Kami king Kojiki Kuan Yin Lakshmana land living Lord male Marduk marriage moon mortal mystery myth Nihongi Nü Kwa Osiris Osiris's patriarchal personality primordial psyche psychological Queen Mother Rama Rama's Ramayana religious represented ritual role ruler sacred sacrifice Salome sexual Shinto Sisera Sita Sita's society spheres spiritual subliminal Susano-wo symbolically thou Tiamat tion transformed unconscious wife woman women worship