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Lotte Motz - The Faces Of The Goddess                 - 9780195089677 - V9780195089677
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The Faces Of The Goddess

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Description for The Faces Of The Goddess hardcover. Many contemporary feminists believe that early humans worshipped a nurturing Mother Goddess, who was displaced by autocratic male deities. This book examines the maternal deities of various cultures and religions but finds no signs of a common origin for a primordial "Great Mother." Num Pages: 288 pages, halftones, line drawings. BIC Classification: HRAB1; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 573.
Many contemporary feminists believe that early humans worshipped a nurturing Mother Goddess, who was subsequently displaced by autocratic male deities. In this book Motz examines the maternal deities of various cultures and religions and finds no signs of a common origin, and thus no evidence for a primordial "Great Mother." Her conclusions stand in stark contradiction to the prevailing view.

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195089677
SKU
V9780195089677
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1

About Lotte Motz
Lotte Motz, PhD, has taught at the City University of New York and the University of Wisconsin. She has written widely on Germanic mythology and literature, and is currently living in the UK.

Reviews for The Faces Of The Goddess
"At last: a book that explains that the notion of a unitary Mother Goddess is modern, and that female culture was not driven out by patriarchy. But even more important is the positive contribution that this book makes to the understanding of the nature of ancient female divinities, which were more diverse and potent than modern writers have imagined ... Read more

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