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More Than 1,000 Goddesses & Heroines from around the WorldGroundbreaking scholar Patricia Monaghan spent her life researching, writing about, and documenting goddesses and heroines from all religions and all corners of the globe. Her work demonstrated that from the beginning of recorded history, goddesses reigned alongside their male counterparts as figures of inspiration and awe. Drawing on anthropology, folklore, literature, and psychology, Monaghan's vibrant and accessible encyclopedia covers female deities from Africa, the eastern Mediterranean, Asia and Oceania, Europe, and the Americas, as well as every major religious tradition.
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- Author
- Patricia Monaghan, Ph.D. [Patricia Monaghan, Ph.D.]
- Publisher
- New World Library
- Language
- EN
- Category
- reference
- Rating
- 4.7 / 5 (175 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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