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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... sphere . The myth at this stage , then- without conscious development - exists vibrantly and powerfully in the psy- ches and souls of the society to which it speaks . The concrete happenings living unconsciously in the storyteller or ...
... sphere . The myth at this stage , then- without conscious development - exists vibrantly and powerfully in the psy- ches and souls of the society to which it speaks . The concrete happenings living unconsciously in the storyteller or ...
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... spheres within the psyche , the better equipped we are to discriminate and understand the meaning and impact of those powers which inundate and blind us , robbing us of our psychological independence . Clarification is difficult and ...
... spheres within the psyche , the better equipped we are to discriminate and understand the meaning and impact of those powers which inundate and blind us , robbing us of our psychological independence . Clarification is difficult and ...
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... spheres . Great myths of the ancients may or may not hold us in their grip , may or may not work on the psyches and souls of contemporary readers , may or may not fulfill latent or unconscious needs in the reader , listener , or viewer ...
... spheres . Great myths of the ancients may or may not hold us in their grip , may or may not work on the psyches and souls of contemporary readers , may or may not fulfill latent or unconscious needs in the reader , listener , or viewer ...
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... 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 the synoptic Gospels . How can one account for her mesmerizing power over the mind of medieval man ...
... 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 the synoptic Gospels . How can one account for her mesmerizing power over the mind of medieval man ...
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... spheres . Still in her mother's womb , Isis and Osiris fell in love and had intercourse , and from their union was born Horus the Elder . Upon Osiris's birth at Thebes , the following words emanated from the temple : " The Lord of all ...
... spheres . Still in her mother's womb , Isis and Osiris fell in love and had intercourse , and from their union was born Horus the Elder . Upon Osiris's birth at Thebes , the following words emanated from the temple : " The Lord of all ...
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