Sentences with phrase «goddesses were often»

The roles of gods and goddesses were often determined by their lives as humans on earth; consider it sort of an enforced afterlife retirement plan.

Not exact matches

Hindus often worship many gods and goddesses and some are eager to include Jesus in their list of deities.

The worship of Sakti, divine female power, addressed also as Kali, Durga, Radha, Sarasvati, Laksmi, Ganga and Parvati, is still widespread, although often during periods of male domination, the goddess was made subject to a male god.

As a Wiccan I have my own gods (and goddesses) but I will still bow my head for public prayer even when it is often spoken in Christ's name.

It has both feminine and masculine properties, which is why they often talk of the «god» and «goddess».

The gods and goddesses of subject peoples were widely worshipped throughout the empire and often won adherents simply because they were not closely identified with the state.

Female models were often referred to as «Venuses» after the goddess of love and beauty.

Unknown to any of them, whispered words of wisdom actually came from the goddess Athena, who often pretended to be Mentor to pass on godly advice.

Besides grounding the romanticized idea of the «perfect yoga gurus who are flexible acrobats,» we definitely wanted to address the myth of the perfect, yoga goddess and the often romanticized life of a yoga teacher.

The Anatolian goddess Cybele was often depicted near leopards.

In the beginning of the book, Paula states that her mother Kai, often told her she was named after the mother goddess who brings hope (and springtime).

The last part of the show, which starts off with Louise Bourgeois, looks at how feminist art has both embraced and criticized certain representations of motherhood, and how it's often gone back to myths of goddesses and mother figures to reappropriate power.

An animal often found in her work is the bear, which is linked to the Greek goddess Artemis.

Hera, the queen of gods, is often regarded as the goddess of marriage, birth and fertility, but is also commonly considered as an archetype of all the constraints and domestic violence historically inflicted on women.

She was the Hellenic goddess of the hunt, wild animals, wilderness, childbirth, virginity and protector of young girls, bringing and relieving disease in women; she often was depicted as a huntress carrying a bow and arrows.

Her subjects are often powerful female figures, and through this work Flack explores the sources and variations of female essence and power, from goddesses such as Islandia and American Athena or queens such as Queen Catherine, for whom the New York borough of Queens is named.