Namaha - Stories From The Land Of Gods And Goddesses

Covering 30,000 years of goddess worship, this fascinating book is the first and most comprehensive biographical dictionary devoted exclusively to mythological deities. S...

Abstract Goddesses often are labelled as one-dimensional forces of nature or fertility. In examining a number of goddesses whose primary role is sovereignty, this vo...

Drawing a picture while telling a story is a tradition that can be found in cultures around the world—perhaps dating back to early cave paintings. No one knows when or where this u...

The Ord–Victoria area survey was conducted between 1949 and 1952 though not updated and published until 1970. The survey covered ~232,300 km2 in six physical regi...

The winged Egyptian goddess Isis is an ancient and complex deity, whose mythology presents her as bestower of fertility and immortality. This chapter follows up on these themes, an...

AbstractIn the Land of Ninkasi: A History of Beer in Ancient Mesopotamia tells the story of the world's first great beer culture. It provides a close-up look at the beers of ancien...

In the contemporary era we have seen a proliferation of storytelling activities, from the phenomenon of TED talks and Humans of New York to a plethora of story-coaching agencies an...

While situating and contextualizing land-grabbing in Kashmir within the global land-grabbing debate, this chapter provides a detailed and critical account of the dominant assumptio...