The emergence, dominance and subsequent subordination or erasure of powerful female figures of worship in this set of mythologies is the overarching theme of The Goddess , and this theme has never beenmore relevant than it is today. Christopher Fee and David Leeming chart the development of traditional Western gender roles through an understanding of the transformation of concepts of the Goddess from her earliest roots in India and Iran to her more familiar faces in Ireland and Iceland. With a broad, general appeal, this book contains a collection of highly entertaining and enjoyable myths.

Author Biography

Christopher Fee is Professor and Chair of English at Gettysburg College, Pennsylvania, and the author of Mythology in the Middle Ages: Heroic Tales of Monsters, Magic, and Might (2011). David Leeming is Professor Emeritus of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Connecticut. His books include the Oxford Companion to World Mythology (2005) and Medusa: In the Mirror of Time (Reaktion, 2013). Together they are the co-authors of Gods, Heroes, and Kings: The Battle for Mythic Britain (2001).