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David Leeming Jake Page God: Myths of the Male Divine (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)
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- Book Title
- God : Myths of the Male Divine
- Publication Name
- God: Myths of the Male Divine
- Title
- God: Myths of the Male Divine
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 019511387X
- EAN
- 9780195113877
- ISBN
- 9780195113877
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- Genre
- Religion, Social Science, Fiction
- Topic
- Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Folklore & Mythology, Comparative Religion, General
- Release Year
- 1997
- Release Date
- 07/08/1997
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.5in
- Item Length
- 7.5in
- Item Width
- 9.3in
- Item Weight
- 12.7 Oz
- Publication Year
- 1997
- Features
- Reprint
- Number of Pages
- 208 Pages
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He has been a trickster, a shaman, a divine child; he has been a sacrificial victim, a consort of the earth goddess, a warrior, a sky king; and the creator, a distant and impersonal immensity. He is the male divine, seen in the many gods of myth, and his life story is told here in this graceful and illuminating account by David Leeming and Jake Page. Illustrating their points with materials ranging from the prehistoric cave paintings to the mystic Jewish Kabbalah , from the ancient Indian Vedas to tales of the North American Indians and other myths from around the world, Leeming and Page reveal the changing mask of the male divine. We see how that divinity emerged in some areas from cults involving "animal masters" (as in the Bear Man of the Cherokee Indians), sorcerers, and shamans who embarked on spirit journeys. God sometimes appeared as the trickster--as Loki of the Norse people, Legba of Africa's Yoruba, Raven and Coyote of North America, and Krishna of India--both creative and bedeviling. With the Neolithic age came the rise of agriculture and animal husbandry, of settlements and specialization in the roles of males and females--and a more sophisticated body of myths and rituals. Here the Mother Goddess was dominant, and the male God became her consort, ultimately dying in order that nature might be renewed. The authors illustrate this new stage in the male divine with tales of the Egyptian Osiris, the Caananite Baal, and Wiyot of California's Luiseno Indians, among others. They describe the rise of a male sky God as "the equal to, the true mate, of Goddess, who was still associated with Earth." In the Iron Age, the sky God became more aggressive, separating from the Goddess and taking his place as the King God, as Zeus, Odin, and Horus. Ultimately he emerged as the creator, a more distant and impersonal force. Here Leeming and Page also illuminate an important trend--a sense that the divine is beyond gender, that it permeates all things (as seen in Chinese Tao, the Indian Brahmin, and En Sof of the Kabbalah ). They see a movement in the biography of God toward a reunion with the Goddess. "As the Supreme Being becomes less Goddess and less God," they write, "it speaks more clearly to the essential human need for unity and understanding." In their previous work together, Goddess , Leeming and Page provided a marvelous biography of the female divine--an account that won a wide and enduring audience. Now, in God , they provide the perfect companion volume--completing, as the authors write, "a record of what we humans believe ourselves at the deepest level to be."
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Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
019511387x
ISBN-13
9780195113877
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Product Key Features
Book Title
God : Myths of the Male Divine
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Features
Reprint
Topic
Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Folklore & Mythology, Comparative Religion, General
Publication Year
1997
Genre
Religion, Social Science, Fiction
Number of Pages
208 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
7.5in
Item Height
0.5in
Item Width
9.3in
Item Weight
12.7 Oz
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Reprint
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"For an overview of the major themes in a male God's life there is nothing comparable. Even the classic works of Joseph Campbell lack the clarity and organization of these works to bring out the salient features of the deity's life."--The Reader's Review, "This appears to be an excellent text, with useful apparatus."--KevinBerland, iPennsylvania State University, "For an overview of the major themes in a male God's life there is nothing comparable. Even the classic works of Joseph Campbell lack the clarity and organization of these works to bring out the salient features of the deity's life."--The Reader's Review "Entertaining."--Paul Bohannan, author of We, the Alien: An Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, "Building upon the market impact created by their Goddesses: Myths of the Female Divine, Leeming and Page continue their exploration of evolving divine archetypes from prehistory to the present by focusing with an equal effectiveness on masculine metaphors."--Publishers Weekly, "The kind of insight these two old Princeton boys derived from their magnificent book Goddess has been profitably used to look at God: Myths of the Male Divine. The result is more entertaining, a lot more profitable than screeds on the masculine mystique. Men want to be gods as much as womenwant to be goddesses. Here's how."--Paul Bohannan, author of We, the Alien: An Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, "For an overview of the major themes in a male God's life there is nothing comparable. Even the classic works of Joseph Campbell lack the clarity and organization of these works to bring out the salient features of the deity's life."--The Reader's Review"Entertaining."--Paul Bohannan, author of We, the Alien: An Introduction to Cultural Anthropology"This appears to be an excellent text, with useful apparatus."--Kevin Berland, iPennsylvania State University"For an overview of the major themes in a male God's life there is nothing comparable. Even the classic works of Joseph Campbell lack the clarity and organization of these works to bring out the salient features of the deity's life."--The Reader's Review"In a companion work to their previous volume Goddess, the authors present the concept of god through the ages. Illustrated by myths of many different times and lands, the continuous mystery of life seems always transformed into human forms. Whether shaman, trickster, creator, or consort of the goddess, the male principle pervades all religions.... A fresh and readable account."--Library Journal"Building upon the market impact created by their Goddesses: Myths of the Female Divine, Leeming and Page continue their exploration of evolving divine archetypes from prehistory to the present by focusing with an equal effectiveness on masculine metaphors."--Publishers Weekly"The kind of insight these two old Princeton boys derived from their magnificent book Goddess has been profitably used to look at God: Myths of the Male Divine. The result is more entertaining, a lot more profitable than screeds on the masculine mystique. Men want to be gods as much as women want to be goddesses. Here's how."--Paul Bohannan, author of We, the Alien: An Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, "For an overview of the major themes in a male God's life there is nothing comparable. Even the classic works of Joseph Campbell lack the clarity and organization of these works to bring out the salient features of the deity's life."--The Reader's Review"Entertaining."--Paul Bohannan, author of We, the Alien: An Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, "In a companion work to their previous volume Goddess, the authors presentthe concept of god through the ages. Illustrated by myths of many differenttimes and lands, the continuous mystery of life seems always transformed intohuman forms. Whether shaman, trickster, creator, or consort of the goddess, themale principle pervades all religions.... A fresh and readableaccount."--Library Journal, "This appears to be an excellent text, with useful apparatus."--Kevin Berland, iPennsylvania State University, "The kind of insight these two old Princeton boys derived from theirmagnificent book Goddess has been profitably used to look at God: Myths of theMale Divine. The result is more entertaining, a lot more profitable than screedson the masculine mystique. Men want to be gods as much as women want to begoddesses. Here's how."--Paul Bohannan, author of We, the Alien: An Introductionto Cultural Anthropology, "For an overview of the major themes in a male God's life there is nothingcomparable. Even the classic works of Joseph Campbell lack the clarity andorganization of these works to bring out the salient features of the deity'slife."--The Reader's Review, "In a companion work to their previous volume Goddess, the authors present the concept of god through the ages. Illustrated by myths of many different times and lands, the continuous mystery of life seems always transformed into human forms. Whether shaman, trickster, creator, or consort ofthe goddess, the male principle pervades all religions.... A fresh and readable account."--Library Journal
Copyright Date
1997
Dewey Decimal
291.2/113
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
20
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