Goddesses in World Mythology (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780874367157)

Covering 30,000 years of goddess worship, this fascinating book is the first and most comprehensive biographical dictionary devoted exclusively to mythological deities.

Spanning 30,000 years of goddess worship, Goddesses in World Mythology provides access to nearly 11,500 entries from many cultures: Greek, Celtic, Indian, African, Chinese, Slavic, Mesoamerican, Japanese, and more. Organized alphabetically within geographical regions such as Egypt, the Far East, Oceania, North America, and the Himalayan region, entries identify each goddess by her most common anthropological, mythological, or religious name, then identifies the culture recognizing that goddess, summarizing her powers or attributes, often providing a brief story characterizing her personality and motivations.

The most comprehensive and comprehensible work of its kind, Goddesses in World Mythology features two indexes that divide the goddesses by name and attribute, over 2,000 cross references that guide the reader to other entries, and an extensive bibliography. This unique and easy to use guide shows that goddesses were not just wives, sisters, mothers, or fertility figures, but supreme deities themselves.

Author: Martha Anne, Dorothy Imel
ISBN-10: 0874367158
ISBN-13: 9780874367157
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Language: English
Published: 06/30/1993
Pages: 658
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 4.58lbs
Size: 11.37h x 8.89w x 2.20d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 04/15/1994 pg. 1552
Library Journal 05/01/1994 pg. 92