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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... god or other ; but dreams do not come from God . I who am older than you by many years , will tell you what these visions are that float before our eyes in sleep : nearly always these drifting phantoms are the shadows of what we have ...
... god or other ; but dreams do not come from God . I who am older than you by many years , will tell you what these visions are that float before our eyes in sleep : nearly always these drifting phantoms are the shadows of what we have ...
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... gods and extraterrestrial 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 ...
... gods and extraterrestrial 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 ...
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... god . The Deborah of chapter 3 looms unique among female biblical 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 ...
... god . The Deborah of chapter 3 looms unique among female biblical 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 ...
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... Gods and Goddesses , " " The Divine One , " " The Light - Giver of Heaven , " " Queen of Earth and Heaven , " " Lady of Life , " " Lady of Bread and Beer , " " Lady of Joy and Abundance , " Lady of Love , " " The All - Re- ceiving ...
... Gods and Goddesses , " " The Divine One , " " The Light - Giver of Heaven , " " Queen of Earth and Heaven , " " Lady of Life , " " Lady of Bread and Beer , " " Lady of Joy and Abundance , " Lady of Love , " " The All - Re- ceiving ...
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... gods were brought into being whenever a need arose among Egyptians to em- phasize specific aspects of an original deity . The avatars of the original god or goddess not only were given personal names , individual physical frames , and ...
... gods were brought into being whenever a need arose among Egyptians to em- phasize specific aspects of an original deity . The avatars of the original god or goddess not only were given personal names , individual physical frames , and ...
Contenido
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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