Encyclopedia of Goddesses and Heroines: RevisedMore Than 1,000 Goddesses & Heroines from around the World Groundbreaking scholar Patricia Monaghan spent her life researching, writing about, and documenting goddesses and heroines from all religions and all corners of the globe. Her work demonstrated that from the beginning of recorded history, goddesses reigned alongside their male counterparts as figures of inspiration and awe. Drawing on anthropology, folklore, literature, and psychology, Monaghan’s vibrant and accessible encyclopedia covers female deities from Africa, the eastern Mediterranean, Asia and Oceania, Europe, and the Americas, as well as every major religious tradition. |
Contents
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Christian and Jewish Pantheon | 47 |
Asia and Oceania | 61 |
Irish and Scottish Pantheon | 177 |
British and Manx Pantheon | 200 |
Welsh Cornish and Arthurian Pantheon | 203 |
FinnoUgric Cultures | 210 |
FinnoUgric Pantheon | 211 |
Greece | 220 |
Greek Pantheon | 221 |
Rome | 266 |
Chinese Mongol and Taiwanese Pantheon | 62 |
Korean Pantheon | 73 |
Circumpolar North | 77 |
India | 86 |
Hindu and Buddhist Pantheon of India | 88 |
Southeast Asia and Indonesia | 132 |
Japan | 140 |
Japanese and Ainu Pantheon | 141 |
The Pacific Islands and Australia | 147 |
Pacific Islands Pantheon | 148 |
Australian Pantheon | 160 |
Europe | 167 |
Baltic Pantheon | 168 |
The Celtic World | 172 |
Continental Celtic and Breton Pantheon | 173 |
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Encyclopedia of Goddesses and Heroines [2 volumes]: [2 volumes] Patricia Monaghan Limited preview - 2009 |
Common terms and phrases
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