Virgin Mother Goddesses of Antiquity

This study of various female deities of Graeco-Roman antiquity is the first to provide evidence that primary goddesses were conceived of as virgin mothers in the earliest layers of their cults. By taking feminist analysis of divinities further, this book provides a fresh angle on our understanding of these deities.

Auteur
MARGUERITE RIGOGLIOSO is an Adjunct Instructor at the Dominican University of California, USA and the author of The Cult of Divine Birth in Ancient Greece (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009).

Contenu
In the Beginning: Chaos, Nyx and Ge/Gaia Athena/Neith/Metis: Primordial Creatrix of Self-Replication Artemis: Mother of the Wild, Patron of Amazons Hera: Queen of Heaven, Earth, and the Underworld Demeter and Kore/Persephone: Double Goddesses of Parthenogenesis Isis: Meri/Beloved and Mother of Horus Sophia: Divine Generative Force Conclusion