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Women in myth / Bettina L. Knapp.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Knapp, Bettina Liebowitz, 1926-2010.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Mythology.
- Women.
- Women and religion.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 270 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, [1997]
- Summary:
- 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. The author probes issues as to how figures such as Isis, Tiamat, Dido, Camilla, Deborah, Iphigenia, Salome, Sita, Amaterasu, Nu-Kwa, and others--some of whom were goddesses--fared.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-260) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0791431630
- 0791431649
- OCLC:
- 35033696
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