{"product_id":"the-womans-encyclopedia-of-myths-and-secrets","title":"The Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Walker, Barbara G.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTitle:\u003c\/b\u003e The Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 1136\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 1983-11-30\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e Do You Know...\u003cbr\u003ewhere the legend of a cat's nine lives comes from?\u003cbr\u003ewhy \"mama\" is a word understood in nearly all languages?\u003cbr\u003ehow the custom of kissing began?\u003cbr\u003ewhether there really was a female pope?\u003cbr\u003ewhy Cinderella's glass slipper was so important to the Prince?\u003cbr\u003eThe answers to these and countless other intriguing questions are given in this compulsively readable, feminist encyclopedia. Twenty-five years in preparation, this unique, comprehensive sourcebook focuses on mythology anthropology, religion, and sexuality to uncover precisely what other encyclopedias leave out or misrepresent. The Woman's Encyclopedia presents the fascinating stories behind word origins, legends, superstitions, and customs. A browser's delight and an indispensable resource, it offers 1,350 entries on magic, witchcraft, fairies, elves, giants, goddesses, gods, and psychological anomalies such as demonic possession; the mystical meanings of sun, moon, earth, sea, time, and space; ideas of the soul, reincarnation, creation and doomsday; ancient and modern attitudes toward sex, prostitution, romance, rape, warfare, death and sin, and more.\u003cbr\u003eTracing these concepts to their prepatriarchal origins, Barbara G. Walker explores a \"thousand hidden pockets of history and custom in addition to the valuable material recovered by archaeologists, orientalists, and other scholars.\"\u003cbr\u003eNot only a compendium of fascinating lore and scholarship, The Woman's Encyclopedia is a revolutionary book that offers a rare opportunity for both women and men to see our cultural heritage in a fresh light, and draw upon the past for a more humane future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062509253\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e Height: 9.25 Inches, Length: 6.12 Inches, Weight: 2.70286733212 Pounds, Width: 1.81 Inches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e en\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Walker, Barbara G.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46697085436059,"sku":"9780062509253","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0643\/2787\/6763\/files\/6296633482210.jpg?v=1750233418","url":"https:\/\/thebannedbook.shop\/products\/the-womans-encyclopedia-of-myths-and-secrets","provider":"The Banned Book Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}