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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... earth- quake , a tidal wave , a war , an invasion , a plague , or some other cataclysmic incident or great sorrow or dissatisfaction - they also live outside of tempo- rality . They are , therefore , not bound by the limits of ...
... earth- quake , a tidal wave , a war , an invasion , a plague , or some other cataclysmic incident or great sorrow or dissatisfaction - they also live outside of tempo- rality . They are , therefore , not bound by the limits of ...
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... Earth and Heaven , " " Lady of Life , " " Lady of Bread and Beer , " " Lady of Joy and Abundance , " Lady of Love , " " The All - Re- ceiving , " " The Female Ra , " " The Female Horus . " Multiple as well was the symbology used to ...
... Earth and Heaven , " " Lady of Life , " " Lady of Bread and Beer , " " Lady of Joy and Abundance , " Lady of Love , " " The All - Re- ceiving , " " The Female Ra , " " The Female Horus . " Multiple as well was the symbology used to ...
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... earth god Geb , whose raised arms supported her . There followed the birth of four children - Isis / Osiris and Seth / Nephthys - the protagonists of Isis's existence in both mortal and divine spheres . Still in her mother's womb , Isis ...
... earth god Geb , whose raised arms supported her . There followed the birth of four children - Isis / Osiris and Seth / Nephthys - the protagonists of Isis's existence in both mortal and divine spheres . Still in her mother's womb , Isis ...
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... earth and are fecun- dated through Isis by the mud of the Nile , both deities were considered the life force in plants and the fertilizing agents in animals and humans . Osiris's power abates with the waning moon and the concomitant ...
... earth and are fecun- dated through Isis by the mud of the Nile , both deities were considered the life force in plants and the fertilizing agents in animals and humans . Osiris's power abates with the waning moon and the concomitant ...
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... earth's womb and gestation in the depths of darkness — in secret . The Earthly Sojourn According to Plutarch and Diodorus , Isis and Osiris lived their early years on earth as monarchs of Egypt . Osiris , a divinely human and altruistic ...
... earth's womb and gestation in the depths of darkness — in secret . The Earthly Sojourn According to Plutarch and Diodorus , Isis and Osiris lived their early years on earth as monarchs of Egypt . Osiris , a divinely human and altruistic ...
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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