Comparison of Two Essays on Goddess Identity
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- The stories that Menon records in her essay
- The identity of the goddess
- Seeking Mahadevi
- Conclusion
- Works cited
Abstract
The book Seeking Mahādevī: Constructing the Identities of the Hindu Great
goddess, edited by Tracy Pintchman, contains ten essays dealing with the different ways Hindus construe the distinct image of Mahādevī. I will compare two of those essays here and determine their approach and what they add to the study of goddess identity in Hinduism. The two essays are Usha Menon's "Mahādevī as Mother: The Oriya Vision of Reality" and Elaine Craddock's "Reconstructing the Split goddess as Śakti in a Tamil Village." A better understanding of goddesses and goddess worship can be reached by closely studying these essays. They provide two different modes and theories on who the goddess is and what she means to her various devotees.
goddess, edited by Tracy Pintchman, contains ten essays dealing with the different ways Hindus construe the distinct image of Mahādevī. I will compare two of those essays here and determine their approach and what they add to the study of goddess identity in Hinduism. The two essays are Usha Menon's "Mahādevī as Mother: The Oriya Vision of Reality" and Elaine Craddock's "Reconstructing the Split goddess as Śakti in a Tamil Village." A better understanding of goddesses and goddess worship can be reached by closely studying these essays. They provide two different modes and theories on who the goddess is and what she means to her various devotees.
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