Mother worship : theme and variations

Author(s)

• Preston, James
• Freeman, James M.
• Campbell, Ena
• Sandstrom, Alan R.
• Moss, Leonard W.
• Cappannari, Stephen C.
• Ó Cathasaigh, Donal
• Tentori, Tullio
• Hubbs, Joanna
• Turner, Victor Witter
• Turner, Edith L. B.
• Pandian, Jacob
• Nicholas, Ralph W.
• Kolenda, Pauline
• Weeramunda, A. J.
• McKean, Philip Frick
• Ferguson, John P.
• McCall, Daniel Francis

Bibliographic Information

Mother worship : theme and variations

James J. Preston, editor

（Studies in religion）

University of North Carolina Press, c1982

Note

Includes bibliographies and index

Contents of Works

• Introduction / James M. Freeman
• The Virgin of Guadalupe and the female self-image / Ena Campbell
• The Tonantsi cult of the eastern Nahua / Alan R. Sandstrom
• In quest of the Black Virgin / Leonard W. Moss and Stephen C. Cappannari
• The cult of Brigid / Donal Ó Cathasaigh
• An Italian religious feast / Tullio Tentori
• The worship Mother Earth in Russian culture / Joanna Hubbs
• Postindustrial Marian pilgrimage / Victor Turner and Edith Turner
• The goddess Kannagi / Jacob Pandian
• The village mother in Bengal / Ralph W. Nicholas
• The goddess Chandi as an agent of change / James J. Preston
• Pox and the terror of childlessness / Pauline Kolenda
• The milk overflowing ceremony in Sri Lanka / A.J. Weeramunda
• Rangda the witch / Philip Frick McKean
• The great goddess today in Burma and Thailand / John P. Ferguson
• Mother Earth / Daniel F. McCall
• New perspectives on mother worship / James J. Preston

Details

• NCID: BA03267576
• ISBN:
  • 0807814717
• LCCN: 81003336
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Chapel Hill
• Pages/Volumes: xxiv, 360 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BL325.M6
  • DC19 : 306/.6
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Mother-goddesses -- Addresses, essays, lectures
  • LCSH : Women and religion -- Addresses, essays, lectures
  • LCSH : Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint -- Cult -- Addresses, essays, lectures
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00157731