The Goddess in India: The Five Faces of the Eternal Feminine

by Devdutt Pattanaik

Book Overview

The first exhaustive collection of goddess mythologies from India.

- Explores the evolution of goddess worship in India over 4,000 years.

- Stunning photographs illustrate many stories of goddess lore never before available in one collection.

In India it is said that there is a goddess in every village, a nymph in every lake. Demonesses stand guard on village frontiers, ogresses howl on crossroads, and untamed forests resound...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0892818077
• ISBN13: 9780892818075
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: Inner Traditions International
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.1" x 9.9"