Women and Goddesses in Myth and Sacred Text

Women and Goddesses in Myth and Sacred Text
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Publisher : Addison-Wesley Longman
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Download or read book Women and Goddesses in Myth and Sacred Text written by Tamara Agha-Jaffar and published by Addison-Wesley Longman. This book was released on 2005 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unable to find a suitable textbook to use in her courses on women in mythology and religion, Agha-Jaffar (Kansas City Kansas Community College) compiled this reader on 18 incarnations of the Great Goddess honored before being dethroned by male deities. Chapters on each one contain a glossary of names and terms. A timeline charts sacred women/goddesses in various cultures from Isis in 3000 BCE to Native American's Corn Mother and White Buffalo Woman.


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