Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and InstitutionBantam Books, 1977 - 328 pages |
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Page 89
... associated , as we have seen , with other kinds of transformation , including reincarnation . If the pot , or vessel , was associated with the woman's body , the conversion of raw fibers into thread was connected with power over life ...
... associated , as we have seen , with other kinds of transformation , including reincarnation . If the pot , or vessel , was associated with the woman's body , the conversion of raw fibers into thread was connected with power over life ...
Page 96
... associated with women . The Moon Mothers , according to Hard- ing , were virgins , in the great primal sense of the word - not the undeflorated girl , but the woman who belongs to herself , or , in the Eskimo phrase , “ She - who- will ...
... associated with women . The Moon Mothers , according to Hard- ing , were virgins , in the great primal sense of the word - not the undeflorated girl , but the woman who belongs to herself , or , in the Eskimo phrase , “ She - who- will ...
Page 114
... associated with light , with trees , with the art of healing . Jane Harrison notes that Apollo is derived from the god Paean , of the land where the styptic peony grows , and that this herb , which could stanch blood , was held in rever ...
... associated with light , with trees , with the art of healing . Jane Harrison notes that Apollo is derived from the god Paean , of the land where the styptic peony grows , and that this herb , which could stanch blood , was held in rever ...
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Anger and Tenderness | 1 |
The Sacred Calling | 23 |
The Kingdom of the Fathers | 39 |
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