Explore: Goddesses In Art

The goddess is the most potent and persistent feature in the archaeological records of the ancient world. In this volume the author resurrects the world of goddess-worshipping, earth-centred cultures, bringing ancient matriarchal society to life.

2Yemoja

Gender, Sexuality, and Creativity in the Latina/o and Afro-Atlantic Diasporas

By Solimar Otero and Toyin Falola

Bridges theory, art, and practice to discuss emerging issues in transnational religious movements in Latina/o and African diasporas. This is the first collection of essays to analyze intersectional religious and cultural practices surrounding the deity Yemoja. In Afro-Atlantic traditions, Yemoja is associated with motherhood, women, the arts, and the family. This book reveals how Yemoja traditions are negotiating gender, sexuality, and cultural identities in bold ways that emphasize the shifting beliefs and cultural practices of contemporary times. Contributors come from a wide range of fields—religious studies, art history, literature, and anthropology—and focus on the central concern of how different religious communities explore issues of race, gender, and sexuality through religious practice and discourse. The volume adds the voices of religious practitioners and artists to those of scholars to engage in conversations about how Latino/a and African diaspora religions respond creatively to a history of colonization.

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• Title: Yemoja
• Authors: Solimar OteroToyin Falola
• Language: English
• Number of Pages: 336
• Publisher: SUNY Press
• Publish Date: 2013-11-01
• Genres: Social Science

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• Google Books ID: HfHrAQAAQBAJ
• ISBN-13: 9781438447995
• ISBN-10: 143844799X
• All ISBNs: 9781438447995 - 143844799X

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3Recent Mammals of Alaska

By Frédéric Laugrand, Stephen O. MacDonald and Joseph A. Cook

The authors explore the relationships between Inuit shamans and their ability to communicate with nonhuman beings like Sedna, the sea woman, and how this is reflected and expressed in Inuit art. The authors show that despite the current dominance of Christianity, contemporary Inuit art and culture are still powerfully shaped and influenced by the shamanic traditions of the past.

4The Sibyls

Demystifying the Absence of the African Ancestress: The First Prophetess of Mami (Wata)

By Mama Zogbé

What is now currently the 'holy seat of the Vatican' in Italy, was originally the sacerdotal seat of these ancient black Sibyl Queen Mothers. Centuries before for Christ, they were known to heal the sick, restore dignity and strength to the weak, and restore sight to the blind. They were famous for curing lameness, epileptics, deaf mutes and lepers. They were said to 'cast out demons' and even to 'raise-up the dead' Their prophecies are the oldest and most authentic in the world. They were the basis for Greek and Roman tragedies and plays. More astonishing, their prophetic books were later collected by the Roman authorities, who needed a 'western theological' foundation in order to compete with the powerful levitical Jews. These Sibyl prophecies soon became the sole and undisputed precursor to the western, Christian Bible. .

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• Title: The Sibyls
• Author: Mama Zogbé
• Language: English
• Google Books Rating: 5/5 from 1 Ratings.
• Number of Pages: 160
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Publish Date: 2007
• Genres: Philosophy

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• Google Books ID: ZTCpiKMiPk8C
• ISBN-13: 9780971624566
• ISBN-10: 0971624569
• All ISBNs: 9780971624566 - 0971624569

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• Overall Rating: 5.0/5 from 1 rating.

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5Greek Gods in the East

Hellenistic Iconographic Schemes in Central Asia

By Ladislav Stančo

This book focuses on the fate of the Greek mythological themes, divine and heroic figures, far in the East, primarily in the area of ancient Gandhara and Bactria (today in Uzbekistan). In alphabetic order, it covers primary iconographic schemes, which the art of these areas borrowed from the Hellenistic Mediterranean. We can compare how individual typical depictions of Greek deities changed and accommodated the taste and ideas of the local populace over the centuries. Aside from this, many of the originally Greek mythological characters, including their typical attributes, became, as this book clearly shows, the basis for images of various local Iranian, Indian and other deities.