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Publisher: Marshall Cavendish
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 148
ISBN-13: 9780761475590
DOWNLOAD EBOOKContains alphabetized entries on deities, concepts, practices, places, and objects related to the mythologies of cultures throughout history, and features color photos and sidebars. This volume covers Ach-Ara.
Author: Eric Chaline
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2004-10-26
Total Pages: 136
ISBN-13: 0060732563
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDiscover a host of gods and goddesses, some of them familiar, others forgotten or unknown. Drawn from cultures around the globe, divided by region and fully illustrated. From Tiamat (the great mother goddess of the ancient Mesopotamianst) to Olorun (the "Owner of the Heavens" for the Yoruba people of Nigeria).
Author: Susan Ackerman
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Published: 2022-09-17
Total Pages: 372
ISBN-13: 1467463213
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA wide-ranging study of women in ancient Israelite religion. Susan Ackerman has spent her scholarly career researching underexamined aspects of the world of the Hebrew Bible—particularly those aspects pertaining to women. In this collection drawn from three decades of her work, she describes in fascinating detail the worship of goddesses in ancient Israel, the roles women played as priests and prophets, the cultic significance of queen mothers, and the Hebrew Bible’s accounts of women’s religious lives. Specific topics include: the “Queen of Heaven,” a goddess whose worship was the object of censure in the book of Jeremiah Asherah, the great Canaanite mother goddess for whom Judean women were described as weaving in the books of Kings biblical figures considered as religious functionaries, such as Miriam, Deborah, and Zipporah the lack of women priests in ancient Israel explored against the prevalence of priestesses in the larger ancient Near Eastern world the cultic significance of queen mothers in Israel and throughout the ancient Near East Israelite women’s participation in the cult of Yahweh and in the cults of various goddesses
Author: Barbara Carroll
Publisher: Outskirts Press
Published: 2015-12-15
Total Pages: 552
ISBN-13: 1478747005
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChanting exists in many religious and spiritual traditions. The practice of chant focuses the mind and body with simple physics of sound, while the choice of chant can reflect a specific need, or honor a tradition. Gods, Goddesses, and Saints is a user-friendly, in-depth guide to a solitary practice of chant and meditation, providing chants from many faiths, from pagan deities to saints from many religions. Beautifully organized in many different ways, this book encourages you to explore the resonance of important figures and their associations and meanings across many traditions. You will also find blank forms to help you create your own chants and meditations. Gods, Goddesses, and Saints provides a fresh view of spiritual practice and new ideas for the future of faith.
Author: Kelsey A. Fuller-Shafer
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2023-10-03
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 1507220529
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDiscover the gods, goddesses, and heroes from Norse mythology with this beautiful handbook that captures the ancient stories that captivated the Vikings. Learn more about your favorite Norse gods, goddesses, and heroes with this collection of profiles that share the real stories behind the characters. With characters from Norse myths coming to life on the big and small screens, and in the pages of new and exciting fiction, this guide can give you all the details you need to understand your favorite heroes, villains, and powerful deities. With comprehensive entries that outline each character’s names, roles, related symbols, and foundational myths, you can get to know the roots of these personas, and better understand the new stories we tell about them today.
Author: Britannica Educational Publishing
Publisher: Britannica Educational Publishing
Published: 2014-01-01
Total Pages: 158
ISBN-13: 1622751531
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGiving Western literature and art many of its most enduring themes and archetypes, Greek mythology and the gods and goddesses at its core are a fundamental part of the popular imagination. At the heart of Greek mythology are exciting stories of drama, action, and adventure featuring gods and goddesses, who, while physically superior to humans, share many of their weaknesses. Readers will be introduced to the many figures once believed to populate Mount Olympus as well as related concepts and facts about the Greek mythological tradition.
Author: Liv Albert
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2021-03-30
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 1507215495
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIncludes bibliographic references and index.
Author: Charles Russell Coulter
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-07-04
Total Pages: 608
ISBN-13: 1135963908
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe history of the divine is the history of human thought. For as long as men and women have pondered the mysteries of their existence, they have answered their own questions with stories of gods and goddesses. Belief in these deities shaped whole civilizations, yet today many of their names and images lie buried. The Encyclopedia of Ancient Deities makes those names available to the general reader as well as the scholar. This reference work lists all the known gods through recorded history. Alphabetically arranged entries provide the name of each deity (with alternate spellings), as well as notes on names that may be linguistically or functionally related. The tribe or culture that worshiped the deity is identified, and the god's origins and functions are explained. An extensive bibliography provides opportunities for further research and an exhaustive index provides access to the entries through virtually all names, forms and kinds of deities.
Author: Suresh Narain Mathur
Publisher: Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd.
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 94
ISBN-13: 9788128808029
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom more than 33 million gods & goddesses in Hindu mythology. This book has story for only more popular ones.
Author: Mark S. Smith
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Published: 2002-08-03
Total Pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780802839725
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThere is still much disagreement over the origins and development of Israelite religion. Mark Smith sets himself the task of reconstructing the cult of Yahweh, the most important deity in Israel's early religion, and tracing the transformation of that deity into the sole god - the development of monotheism.
