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100 0 _aKnapp, Bettina Leibowitz, 1926-
245 0 _aWomen in Myth
300 _axxii, 270p.; bibliog. notes; bibliog.; index
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337 _a unmediated
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338 _a volume
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500 _aEnuma Elish is a Babylonian version of the Sumerian creation myth of the power struggle between female and male principles, in which Tiamat, the primordial mother, is dismembered by Marduk.. Mothers and Daughters: Herodias and Salome. Dido was the founder of Carthage; Camilla was an Amazon. Chinese goddesses discussed: Nu-Kua; Hsi Wang Mu; Ch'ang-O; Kuan Yin
505 0 _a1. Isis: harmony of flesh/spirit/logos. 2. Enuma Elish: the feminine maligned. 3. Deborah: judge/prophet/poet/military leader. 4. Euripides' Iphigenia: marriage or sacrificial altar?. 5. Herodias/ Salome: mother/daughter identification. 6. Virgil's Aeneid: let us sing of arms and women--Dido and Camilla. 7. Japan's sun goddess: the divine Amaterasu. 8. China's fragmented goddess images. 9. The Ramayana: Sita sanctified
520 3 _a'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.'
563 _aPaperback
650 _aWomen in Mythology
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650 _aMythology--Psychological aspects
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650 _aWomen and religion
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650 _aIsis
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650 _aCreation--Mythology
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650 _aMythology, Sumerian
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650 _aDeborah (Biblical judge)
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650 _aEuripides
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650 _aIphigenia
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650 _aSacrifice, Human
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650 _aSalome
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650 _aMothers and Daughters
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650 _aVirgil: Aeneid
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650 _aDido
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650 _aCarthage (Extinct city)
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650 _aAmazons
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650 _aAmaterasu (Shinto deity)
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650 _aSun (in religion, folklore, etc.)
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650 _aGoddesses, Japanese
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650 _aGoddesses, Egyptian
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650 _aGoddesses, Chinese
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650 _aHindu goddesses
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650 _aMythology, Hindu
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650 _aRamayana
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650 _aSita
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942 _cBOOKS
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999 _c53815
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264 _aAlbany, NY
_bState Univ. of New York Press
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