Mother worship : theme and variations / James J. Preston, editor.
Contributor(s): Preston, James
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TextSeries: Studies in religion (Chapel Hill, N.C.): Publisher: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [1982]Copyright date: ©1982Description: xxiv, 360 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0807814717Subject(s): Mother goddesses | Women and religion | Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint -- Devotion toDDC classification: 306/.6 LOC classification: BL325.M6 | M67Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographies and index.| Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Includes bibliographies and index.
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.