Goddesses who rule / edited by Elisabeth Benard and Beverly Moon.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Benard, Elisabeth A., editor.

Moon, Beverly Ann, editor.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Goddesses.

Queens--Mythology.

Queens.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Goddesses often are labeled as one-dimensional forces of nature or fertility. In examining a number of goddesses whose primary role is sovereignty, this volume reveals the rich diversity of goddess traditions. Drawn from a variety of cultural and historical settings, the goddesses described here include Inanna of ancient Sumer, Oshun of Nigeria, and Cihuacoatl of pre-historical America.

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; Introduction; PART I: LOVE AND WAR: FOUNDATIONS OF SOVEREIGNTY; 1 Aphrodite, Ancestor of Kings; 2 How the Fearsome Fish-Eyed Queen Minatci Became a Perfectly Ordinary Goddess; 3 More Than Earth: Cihuacoatl as Female Warrior, Male Matron, and Inside Ruler; 4 Inanna: The Star Who Became Queen; PART II: POWER BESTOWED/POWER WITHDRAWN: THE GODDESS WHO GIVES AND TAKES BACK SOVEREIGN POWER; 5 Celtic Goddesses of Sovereignty; 6 Sovereignty and the Great Goddess of Japan; 7 Yorùbá Goddesses and Sovereignty in Southwestern Nigeria; 8 Sri-Laksmi: Majesty of the Hindu King

PART III: TRADITIONS IN COLLISION: POLITICAL CHANGE AND PERSPECTIVES ON SOVEREIGNTY9 Transformations of Wen Cheng Kongjo: The Tang Princess, Tibetan Queen, and Buddhist Goddess Tara; 10 Becoming the Empress of Heaven: The Life and Bureaucratic Career of Mazu; 11 King Arthur and Morgan le Fay; PART IV: TRANSCENDENCE FOR ALL: THE DEMOCRATIZATION OF SOVEREIGNTY; 12 The Goddess, the Emperor, and the Adept: The Queen Mother of the West as Bestower of Legitimacy and Immortality; 13 Goddesses and Sovereignty in Ancient Egypt; 14 Queen Mary and Medieval Christendom; Reflections

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2000.

Includes bibliographical references.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-773938-5

1-280-75999-2

0-19-535294-7

OCLC:

428734471