Mother Russia : the feminine myth in Russian culture
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Mother Russia : the feminine myth in Russian culture
（Midland books, MB842）
Indiana University Press, 1993, c1988
1st Midland Book ed
- : pbk
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Bibliography: p. [281]-293
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
A ground-breaking interpretation of Russian culture from prehistory to the present, dealing with the feminine myth as a central cultural force
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments Introduction: Russia as Mother Part One: Mothers One: The First Mothers
- Two: Reconstructing the Russian Great Goddess: Rusalki and Baba Yaga
- Three: Reconstructing the Russian Great Goddess: Mother Earth
- Four: The Coming of Christianity: Mary and Paraskeva-Piatnitsa Part Two: Mothers' Sons Five: Epic Heroes and Disobedient Sons
- Six: From Saintly Son to Autocratic Father: The Myth of the Ruler
- Seven: Pushkin and Other Champions from the Intelligentsia Conclusion: The Mother as Russia Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
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