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Marguerite Rigoglioso - Virgin Mother Goddesses of Antiquity - 9781137293428 - V9781137293428
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Virgin Mother Goddesses of Antiquity

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Description for Virgin Mother Goddesses of Antiquity Paperback. This study of various female deities of Graeco-Roman antiquity is the first to provide evidence that primary goddesses were conceived of as virgin mothers in the earliest layers of their cults. By taking feminist analysis of divinities further, this book provides a fresh angle on our understanding of these deities. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; HBLA1; HRKP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 342.
This study of various female deities of Graeco-Roman antiquity is the first to provide evidence that primary goddesses were conceived of as virgin mothers in the earliest layers of their cults. By taking feminist analysis of divinities further, this book provides a fresh angle on our understanding of these deities.

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Number of Pages
267
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137293428
SKU
V9781137293428
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15

About Marguerite Rigoglioso
MARGUERITE RIGOGLIOSO is an Adjunct Instructor at the Dominican University of California, USA and the author of The Cult of Divine Birth in Ancient Greece (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009).

Reviews for Virgin Mother Goddesses of Antiquity
"Rigoglioso explores the power of virgin birth, or parthenogenesis, as the primal creative process. The clarity of her analysis reveals how pervasive and influential this motif and its rites were in the ancient world. Most interesting is her remarkable explication of the Eleusinian Mysteries, where - by her application of the 'missing piece' of virgin birth - she makes sense ... Read more

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