Goddesses in World Mythology

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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.