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Gibbs Smith
Language
English
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Call Her Goddess--call her God the Mother--call her the Feminine Principle--Her children need Her, and our world deeply suffers the pains of Her absence. Through the warmth and the wit of poetry, this book is an invitation for all--women, men, of any religion or of no religion--to welcome Her home and set a permanent place for Her at the family table.
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English
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Bestselling author Natalie Haynes returns to the world of Greek myth she so wittily explored in Pandora's Jar and turns her focus on Olympus itself--not on the gods, who have had far more attention than they deserve over the millennia since these stories were first told, but on the goddesses. Here we meet Athene; Aphrodite; Hera; Demeter; Artemis; the Muses, all nine of them; Gaia; and Hestia.
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English
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Here, archaeologically documented,is the story of the religion of the Goddess. Under her, women’s roles were far more prominent than in patriarchal Judeo-Christian cultures. Stone describes this ancient system and, with its disintegration, the decline in women’s status.
12) For the throne
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Series
Wilderwood volume 2
Language
English
Description
Red and the Wolf have finally contained the threat of the Old Kings but at a steep cost. Red's beloved sister Neve, the First Daughter is lost in the Shadowlands, an inverted kingdom where the vicious gods of legend have been trapped for centuries and the Old Kings have slowly been gaining control. But Neve has an ally--though it's one she'd rather never have to speak to again--the rogue king Solmir. Solmir wants to bring an end to the Shadowlands...
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The hunt is on! This empowering and engaging narrative tells the legend of the fierce Roman goddess Diana. This divine huntress was also the goddess of the moon and could talk to animals. Hear the compelling myths of Diana's powers and learn where she fits within a family of gods. Additional facts explore Diana's role as protector in Ancient Roman and Greek culture and how the goddess's influence appears in popular culture today.
14) Pallas the pal
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Series
Goddess girls volume 21
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Pallas, the daughter of Triton and messenger of the sea, enrolls at Mount Olympus Academy.
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English
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Fallen goddess Tavia Michaels must use her growing powers to stop a virus from wiping the Earth away, all while deciding to be with either her eternal lover, Logan, or her former best friend, Benson.
Tavia Michaels will again have to make a choice about who to be with even as she tries to stop the virus that is destroying the world and uncover the truth about the two Earthbound organizations that have her tangled up in their webs.
17) We are the song
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English
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In Cadenza music is power, and twelve-year-old Elissa is one of twelve singers, voices of the Goddess, who can sing miracles into being and bring healing and hope to the world--but in the war torn kingdoms of the world there are rulers who would like to use her and her song to gain power instead, and Elissa stuggles to understand what the Goddess wants her to do, and how to protect herself, her composer, Lucio, and Cadenza itself.
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Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
An illustrated collection of traditional tales which feature goddesses from different cultures, including Navajo, Mayan, and Fon. Notes explain each goddess's place in her culture, the reason for the book, and how the illustrations were developed.
Author
Publisher
Plume
Pub. Date
c2006.
Language
English
Description
With dozens of gods and goddesses (and one sacred stone), The Little Book of Hindu Deities is chock-full of monsters, demons, noble warriors, and divine divas. Find out why Ganesha has an elephant's head (his father cut his off!); why Kali, the goddess of time, is known as the "Black One" (she's a bit goth); and what "Hare Krishna" really means.
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