The Concept of the Goddess

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ISBN: 9780415197892 | 0415197899
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Copyright: 12/8/1998

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This volume is an up-to-date, highly readable study of the female aspect of religion both in past and present mythologies. It explores the function and nature of goddesses and their cults in many cultures, including Celtic, Roman, Norse, Caucasian and Japanese traditions. The contributors demonstrate how in many myths the female deity is seen as more ambivalent than her male counterpart, and not relegated to primarily "feminine" roles.

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Preface the Life and Works of Hilda Ellis Davidson	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
The Concept of the Goddess	p. 8
The Celtic Goddess as Healer	p. 26
Now You See Her, Now You Don'T: Some Notes on the Conception of Female Shape-Shifters in Scandinavian Traditions	p. 41
Notes	p. 55
Freyja and Frigg	p. 56
Freyja- A Goddess with Many Names	p. 68
References	p. 76
Meg and Her Daughters: Some Traces of Goddess-Beliefs in Megalithic Folklore?	p. 78
References	p. 89
Milk and the Northern Goddess	p. 91
Coventina's Well	p. 107
References	p. 119
Nemesis and Bellona: a Preliminary Study of Two Neglected Goddesses	p. 120
Fors Fortuna in Ancient Rome	p. 129
Transmutations of an Irish Goddess	p. 141
Aspects of the Earth-Goddess in the Traditions of the Banshee in Ireland	p. 152
The Caucasian Hunting-Divinity, Male and Female: Traces of the Hunting-Goddess in Ossetic Folklore	p. 166
Notes	p. 177
The Mistress of Animals in Japan Yamanokami	p. 178
Notes	p. 184
Index	p. 186
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