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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... women , who have been victimized for so many centuries by man's projections . Particularly today , when society is changing so rapidly , a woman may have difficulty knowing what and who she is . Only by clarifying conditions and ...
... women , who have been victimized for so many centuries by man's projections . Particularly today , when society is changing so rapidly , a woman may have difficulty knowing what and who she is . Only by clarifying conditions and ...
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... Women - Dido and Camilla " attempts to explain why society has not empathized with the beautiful , arresting , arche- typal Dido , founder of Carthage and its queen . Positive in outlook , stately in bearing , kindly in manner , she was ...
... Women - Dido and Camilla " attempts to explain why society has not empathized with the beautiful , arresting , arche- typal Dido , founder of Carthage and its queen . Positive in outlook , stately in bearing , kindly in manner , she was ...
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... woman in harmony with herself . Mediatrix between peoples and between mortals and immortals , each of the ten thousand names awarded to Isis by her worshippers served to convey certain aspects of her multidimensional personality ...
... woman in harmony with herself . Mediatrix between peoples and between mortals and immortals , each of the ten thousand names awarded to Isis by her worshippers served to convey certain aspects of her multidimensional personality ...
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... women in that society . Indeed , the high position women enjoyed in ancient Egypt's matrilinear society was unusual for their time and for ours as well . Until the end of the Middle Kingdom ( 1786 B.C.E. ) , women were equal with men ...
... women in that society . Indeed , the high position women enjoyed in ancient Egypt's matrilinear society was unusual for their time and for ours as well . Until the end of the Middle Kingdom ( 1786 B.C.E. ) , women were equal with men ...
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... woman ( Atum's female aspect ) , became his con- sort , and was given the name of Iusas . Atum was creative in that he proceeded to masturbate with himself in Heliopolis ; he put his penis in his hand that he might obtain ... Women in Myth.
... woman ( Atum's female aspect ) , became his con- sort , and was given the name of Iusas . Atum was creative in that he proceeded to masturbate with himself in Heliopolis ; he put his penis in his hand that he might obtain ... Women in Myth.
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