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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... birth to the specific myth under scrutiny . The similarities and dissimilarities among myths reveal the existence of what C. G. Jung called the collective unconscious , also referred to as the objective psyche . The collective , as ...
... birth to the specific myth under scrutiny . The similarities and dissimilarities among myths reveal the existence of what C. G. Jung called the collective unconscious , also referred to as the objective psyche . The collective , as ...
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... birth of a heroine / hero or a theophany . Myths cannot , however , be understood merely on an intellectual or aesthetic level if they are to be experienced fully . Although they charm the ear with their poetry and the imagination is ...
... birth of a heroine / hero or a theophany . Myths cannot , however , be understood merely on an intellectual or aesthetic level if they are to be experienced fully . Although they charm the ear with their poetry and the imagination is ...
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... birth to the cosmos non- anthropomorphically - through the mind ( " heart , " " tongue " ) or intelligence . Ptah thought the elements of the universe with his mind ( heart ) and brought them into being by his commanding speech ( tongue ...
... birth to the cosmos non- anthropomorphically - through the mind ( " heart , " " tongue " ) or intelligence . Ptah thought the elements of the universe with his mind ( heart ) and brought them into being by his commanding speech ( tongue ...
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... birth at Thebes , the following words emanated from the temple : " The Lord of all comes to light " ( Hani 1976 , 372 ) . Archetypal Analysis Miraculous Birth and Cosmic Identification Miracles were associated with Isis even before her ...
... birth at Thebes , the following words emanated from the temple : " The Lord of all comes to light " ( Hani 1976 , 372 ) . Archetypal Analysis Miraculous Birth and Cosmic Identification Miracles were associated with Isis even before her ...
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... birth and nursing goddess . She was visualized as nursing Horus , which permitted the drawing of a later parallel with the Virgin Mary . In another sculpture , she was seated on the back of a pig , her legs outstretched , awaiting the birth ...
... birth and nursing goddess . She was visualized as nursing Horus , which permitted the drawing of a later parallel with the Virgin Mary . In another sculpture , she was seated on the back of a pig , her legs outstretched , awaiting the birth ...
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