Fierce Feminine Divinities of Eurasia and Latin America

Name: Fierce Feminine Divinities of Eurasia and Latin America
Brand: Palgrave Macmillan US
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In this provocative book, Mägorzata Oleszkiewicz-Peralba examines untamed feminine divinities from around the world. Although distant geographically, these divine figures are surprisingly similar-representing concepts of liminality, outsiderhood, and structural inferiority, embodied in the divine feminine. These strong, independent, unrestrained figures are connected to the periphery and to magical powers, including power over sexuality, transformation, and death. Oleszkiewicz-Peralba offers a study of the origin and worship of four feminine deities across cultures and continents: the Slavic Baba Yaga, the Hindu K¿l¿, the Brazilian Pombagira, and the Mexican Santa Muerte. Although these divinities have often been marginalized through dismissal, demonization, and dulcification, they continue to be extremely attractive, as they empower their devotees confronting them with the ultimate reality of transience and death. Oleszkiewicz-Peralba examines how these sacred icons have been adaptedand transformed across time and place.

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Binding:: Paperback
Edition:: 1
Number of Pages:: 204
Release Date:: 2018-01-20
Publication Date:: 2018-01-20
Publisher:: Palgrave Macmillan US
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 1349560766
ISBN13:: 9781349560769
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 264 g
Height:: 140 cm
Width:: 216 cm
Thickness:: 12 cm

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