Encyclopedia of Goddesses and Heroines

Patricia Monaghan, PhD

• Éditeur: New World Library
• Année: 2014
• ISBN:
  9781608682188
• Sujet: Social Sciences
• Sous-sujet: Folklore & Mythology

More Than 1, 000 Goddesses & Heroines from around the WorldGroundbreaking scholar Patricia Monaghan spent her life researching, writing about, and documenting goddesses and heroines from all religions and all corners of the globe. Her work demonstrated that from the beginning of recorded history, goddesses reigned alongside their male counterparts as figures of inspiration and awe. Drawing on anthropology, folklore, literature, and psychology, Monaghan's vibrant and accessible encyclopedia covers female deities from Africa, the eastern Mediterranean, Asia and Oceania, Europe, and the Americas, as well as every major religious tradition.

Aakuluujjusi, 77–78, 183

‘Abd al-‘Uzzā (Abū Lahab), 46

Abel, 50

Abé mango, 351

Abenaa, 3

Abhramū, 88

Abnoba, 173. See also Diana

Abobi, 160

abortionists, goddesses of: Toci, 346, 348

Abraham, 51, 57

Abrewa, 3

Abrya, 257

Abu Bakr, 36

Abuk, 3

abundance/plenty, goddesses of: Aranyāni, 89; Aufruvva, 211, 217; Banba, 179, 184, 188; Cailleach, 180, 182–84, 192, 194, 200; Fulla, 285–87; Gná, 286; Ibu Pretiwi, 134; Inkosazane, 8; Matronen, 278, 284, 289; Psatina, 298; Surabhi, 125 (see also Shatarupa); Yampan, 360

Acantha, 257

Acca Larentia, 266–67, 269, 272–74, 277, 279

Achaemenid Persians, 29

Achall, 177

Achilles, 224–25, 234, 244, 246, 256, 264–65

Achlys, 221

Achtan, 177

Acmenes, 257

Adam, 49–50, 53

Adamanthea, 221, 223

Adecina, 173

Adesuwa, 7–8

Adif, 295–96

Adītī, 88, 115

Adityas, 88

Adja, 23

Admete, 221

Adoma, 3–4

Adonis, 226–27, 255

Adsagsona, 173

Aedon, 221–22

Æfsati, 297

Aega, 221–22

Aegeus, 222, 252

Aeneas, 35, 267, 270, 277

Aeschylus, 239

Æsir, 281, 285–86, 290. See also Asgard

Aestii people, 167

Aethilla, 222

Aethra, 222

Aetna, 267

Aeval, 177–78

Africa, 1–3. See also Egyptian pantheon

African diaspora pantheon: Adja, 23; Agwe (Abe), 23–24; Aida Wedo, ...

Table des matières

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Introduction
• Africa
• Eastern Mediterranean
• Asia and Oceania
• Europe
• The Americas
• Bibliography
• Index
• About the Author