Mythological Woman Author:Denise Lardner Carmody Amaterasu, Artemis, Buffalo Maiden, Eschetewuarha, Fatimah, Hera, Inanna, Isis, Kali, Kuma, Lady Wisom, Laksmi, Lilith, Moon Goddess, Oshun, Radha, Rainbow Snake, Sedna, Shekhinah, Sophia, Tara, Virgin Mary. — One of the univeral functions of myth is to explain the differences between men and women - one of the primary wonders of the human condit... more »ion. In Mythological Woman Denise Lardner Carmody surveys the sacred mythologies of womanhood - from Old Europe and classical Greece to Asia, The Near East, and recent oral cultures - and invites us to ponder the ties of women to fertility, creation, nourishment, pleasure, sensuality, and purity.« less