Ancient mirrors of womanhood
Subtitle: a treasury of goddess and heroine lore from around the world
By: Merlin Stone ; illustrated by Cynthia Stone.
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: 1984
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 425
Subjects: Goddesses.; Women and religion.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 397-414.
Reprint. Originally published in 2 v.: New York : New Sibylline Books, c1979.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Preface
pagenum: 1; title: Introduction
pagenum: 5; title: A Gentle Omnipotence — China
pagenum: 23; title: Nu Kwa
pagenum: 27; title: Kuan Yin
pagenum: 28; title: Hsi Ho
pagenum: 31; title: Tien Hou
pagenum: 32; title: Mother Nature (Tao)
pagenum: 34; title: Gum Lin and Loy Yi Lung
pagenum: 35; title: Mighty in Magic, Enchantment and Divination — Celts of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales
pagenum: 43; title: Danu
pagenum: 48; title: The Morrigan
pagenum: 49; title: Macha
pagenum: 53; title: Cerridwen
pagenum: 58; title: Morgan le Fay and The Lady of the Lake
pagenum: 60; title: Bridget
pagenum: 63; title: Cailleach Bheur
pagenum: 65; title: Maeve (Medb)
pagenum: 67; title: Rhiannon
pagenum: 69; title: The Oneness That Lies beneath All Dualities — Central and South America (Native Americans of Mexico, Guatemala, Panama, Colombia, Argentina and Brazil)
pagenum: 73; title: Mu Olokukurtilisop
pagenum: 78; title: Akewa
pagenum: 79; title: Huitaca
pagenum: 81; title: Coatlicue
pagenum: 82; title: Chicomecoatl
pagenum: 85; title: Teteu Innan
pagenum: 87; title: Chalchihuitlicue
pagenum: 88; title: Bachue
pagenum: 89; title: Mayuel
pagenum: 91; title: Ix Chel
pagenum: 92; title: Iamanja
pagenum: 96; title: And from Chaos She Has Led Us by the Hand — Semites of Canaan, Mesopotamia and Arabia
pagenum: 99; title: Mami Aruru
pagenum: 104; title: Ishtar
pagenum: 105; title: Atargatis
pagenum: 111; title: Ashtart (Astarte, Ashtoreth)
pagenum: 113; title: Tiamat
pagenum: 117; title: Asherah
pagenum: 119; title: Anat
pagenum: 120; title: Allat, Al Uzza and Manat
pagenum: 123; title: Hokhma
pagenum: 125; title: Lilith
pagenum: 127; title: The Shekhina
pagenum: 128; title: Remind Them of the Sekpoli — Africa (Dahomey, Natal, Nigeria, Zaire and Zimbabwe)
pagenum: 131; title: Mawu
pagenum: 137; title: Ala
pagenum: 140; title: Jezanna
pagenum: 142; title: Songi
pagenum: 145; title: Mboze and Bunzi
pagenum: 150; title: Mbaba Mwana Waresa
pagenum: 151; title: Mella
pagenum: 153; title: To Watch over the People of the Islands — Oceania (Australia, New Zealand, Borneo and the Polynesian Islands)
pagenum: 159; title: Pele
pagenum: 164; title: Mahuea and Hina
pagenum: 166; title: Kunapipi
pagenum: 171; title: Fire Woman
pagenum: 172; title: Star Girl
pagenum: 174; title: Lia
pagenum: 175; title: Arunta Sun Woman
pagenum: 180; title: While Amazons Danced an Armed Dance — Anatolia (Turkey)
pagenum: 183; title: Great Grandmother of Anatolia
pagenum: 190; title: Sun Goddess Arinna
pagenum: 192; title: Hepat
pagenum: 193; title: Hanna Hanna
pagenum: 195; title: Kybele (Cybele)
pagenum: 198; title: Lato (Mother of Artemis)
pagenum: 202; title: Hecate
pagenum: 206; title: Anahita
pagenum: 209; title: From the Waters of the Indus — India
pagenum: 211; title: Shakti
pagenum: 216; title: Devil (Durga, Parvati, Laksmi, Tara)
pagenum: 217; title: Kali
pagenum: 222; title: Anasuya
pagenum: 224; title: Sarasvati
pagenum: 225; title: The Goddesses of Assam
pagenum: 226; title: Rangada
pagenum: 229; title: Ushas
pagenum: 231; title: Of Sea and Star and Serpent — Sumer
pagenum: 232; title: Nammu
pagenum: 236; title: Nina (Nintu, Nanshe, Ninmah, Ninhursag, Ninlil, Ningal)
pagenum: 237; title: Nidaba
pagenum: 240; title: Inanna
pagenum: 241; title: Ereshkigal
pagenum: 249; title: She Who Makes the Universe Spin Round — Egypt
pagenum: 257; title: Ua Zit
pagenum: 261; title: Maat
pagenum: 263; title: The Lady of the Amenta
pagenum: 265; title: Seshat
pagenum: 268; title: Hathor
pagenum: 270; title: Neit
pagenum: 273; title: Au Set (Isis)
pagenum: 276; title: Isis (after Apuleius)
pagenum: 280; title: To Walk the Trail of Beauty — Native Americans of North America
pagenum: 284; title: Spider Woman
pagenum: 289; title: Huruing Wuhti
pagenum: 290; title: Changing Woman
pagenum: 291; title: White Shell Woman
pagenum: 293; title: Asintmah
pagenum: 294; title: Awehai
pagenum: 296; title: Somagalags
pagenum: 297; title: Queskapenek
pagenum: 299; title: Spider Grandmother
pagenum: 300; title: Sun Sister
pagenum: 303; title: Pohaha
pagenum: 305; title: Pasowee, the Buffalo Woman
pagenum: 307; title: Wild Pony
pagenum: 309; title: The Golden Mirror of Ise — Japan
pagenum: 313; title: Fuji
pagenum: 319; title: Izanami
pagenum: 320; title: Amaterasu Omikami
pagenum: 323; title: Ukemochi
pagenum: 326; title: Yakami
pagenum: 327; title: In the Land of Elves and Giants — Scandinavia
pagenum: 333; title: Ilmatar
pagenum: 339; title: Freyja
pagenum: 341; title: Nerthus and Urth (The Norns)
pagenum: 344; title: Iduna
pagenum: 347; title: Mielikki
pagenum: 349; title: Frigga
pagenum: 350; title: Skadi
pagenum: 352; title: Hella
pagenum: 354; title: The Primeval Prophetess — Greece, Crete and the Aegean
pagenum: 357; title: Nikta (Night)
pagenum: 361; title: Gaia (Ge)
pagenum: 362; title: Themis and Dike
pagenum: 366; title: Demeter and Kore (Persephone)
pagenum: 368; title: Hera
pagenum: 372; title: Aphrodite
pagenum: 376; title: Hestia
pagenum: 379; title: Artemis
pagenum: 381; title: Athena
pagenum: 386; title: Bibliography
pagenum: 397; title: Rituals and Commemorations
pagenum: 415; title: Astrological Considerations
pagenum: 417; title: Index
pagenum: 419