{"product_id":"womens-encyclopedia-of-myths-and-secrets","title":"Women's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets","description":"\u003cp\u003eDo You Know...where the legend of a cats nine lives comes from?why \"mama\" is a word understood in nearly all languages?how the custom of kissing began?whether there really was a female pope?why Cinderellas glass slipper was so important to the Prince?The answers to these and countless other intriguing questions are given in this compulsively readable  feminist encyclopedia. Twenty-five years in preparation  this unique  comprehensive sourcebook focuses on mythology anthropology  religion  and sexuality to uncover precisely what other encyclopedias leave out or misrepresent. The Womans Encyclopedia presents the fascinating stories behind word origins  legends  superstitions  and customs. A browsers delight and an indispensable resource  it offers 1 350 entries on magic  witchcraft  fairies  elves  giants  goddesses  gods  and psychological anomalies such as demonic possession; the mystical meanings of sun  moon  earth  sea  time  and space; ideas of the soul  reincarnation  creation and doomsday; ancient and modern attitudes toward sex  prostitution  romance  rape  warfare  death and sin  and more.Tracing these concepts to their prepatriarchal origins  Barbara G. Walker explores a \"thousand hidden pockets of history and custom in addition to the valuable material recovered by archaeologists  orientalists  and other scholars.\"Not only a compendium of fascinating lore and scholarship  The Womans Encyclopedia is a revolutionary book that offers a rare opportunity for both women and men to see our cultural heritage in a fresh light  and draw upon the past for a more humane future.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44986880000053,"sku":"ByrdShop_0044409540","price":111.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780044409540.jpg?v=1770920130","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/womens-encyclopedia-of-myths-and-secrets","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}