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

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The authors identify the general symbol of the ""Mother Goddess"" as a common sanctified image, and they demonstrate some of the cultural variations in form or function of the symbol in specific sociocultural settings. Although the subject is approached from a wide variety of perspectives, the authors concur that female deities are not mere projections of sociocultural conditions on an ideological screen; divine mother images represent something of the nurturant and sometimes destructive dimension of the cosmic order. Originally published in 1983. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

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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