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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... culture of a people . " Myths are original revelations of the preconscious psyche , involuntary statements about unconscious psychic happenings , " C. G. Jung wrote . They are not simply allegories representative of the outer and inner ...
... culture of a people . " Myths are original revelations of the preconscious psyche , involuntary statements about unconscious psychic happenings , " C. G. Jung wrote . They are not simply allegories representative of the outer and inner ...
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... cultural canon : they answered a need , an inner pulsing , an aspiration , a necessity for a defensive mechanism , or a yearning , on both a personal and collective level . A myth may be said to be both ectypal ( inasmuch as it deals ...
... cultural canon : they answered a need , an inner pulsing , an aspiration , a necessity for a defensive mechanism , or a yearning , on both a personal and collective level . A myth may be said to be both ectypal ( inasmuch as it deals ...
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... cultural manifestations . The archetype has been com- pared to the instinct . An instinct is a pattern of behavior ... cultures involved . The personal unconscious , as distinguished from the collective unconscious , is derived from an ...
... cultural manifestations . The archetype has been com- pared to the instinct . An instinct is a pattern of behavior ... cultures involved . The personal unconscious , as distinguished from the collective unconscious , is derived from an ...
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... cultural transformation ; they may also give purpose to lives considered absurd . For example , the death of Osiris ... cultures have myths that are adaptations of those of others . Many , therefore , have common markings : the New ...
... cultural transformation ; they may also give purpose to lives considered absurd . For example , the death of Osiris ... cultures have myths that are adaptations of those of others . Many , therefore , have common markings : the New ...
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... culture . For the Greeks , myth functioned on one level as a form of thought ( logos ) , but it also had a more comprehensive purpose , since analytical think- ing and abstraction alone did not fulfill the needs of the populace , who ...
... culture . For the Greeks , myth functioned on one level as a form of thought ( logos ) , but it also had a more comprehensive purpose , since analytical think- ing and abstraction alone did not fulfill the needs of the populace , who ...
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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