Encyclopedia of goddesses and heroines
By: Patricia Monaghan.
Publisher: Greenwood; ABC-CLIO, LLC
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 641
ISBN-13: 9780313349898; 9780313349904; 9780313349911; 9780313349935; 9780313349942
Subjects: Goddesses -- Encyclopedias; Women heroes -- Encyclopedias
Genres: Encyclopedias
Description: Contains entries that provide information on the myths, images, and attributes of over one thousand goddesses and female spiritual powers from Africa, the eastern Mediterranean, Asia, Europe, and the Americas, and looks at how they were honored by worshipers; organized by culture and religion.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Africa, Eastern Mediterranean, Asia; title: v. 2. Europe and the Americas.