Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction Prehistoric and Aboriginal Goddesses First Humans: c. 6.2 Million Years Ago-65,000 Years Ago Venus Figurines Minoans Ancient Aboriginals: c. 65,000 Years Ago-Present Day Australian Aboriginals: c. 65,000 Years Ago-Present Day Colonizing the Early Americas: c. 26,000 Years Ago-c. 10,500 Years Ago The First Farmers: c. 13,000 Years Ago-Present Day Mesoamerica and South America: c.
7000 bce-Present Day The Inca Empire: 1438 ce-1533 ce Part I--Goddesses by Region One. Mesopotamia Mesopotamia: c. 5500-c. 800 bce Sumer: c. 5500 bce-c. 3500 bce Akkadia: c. 3500 bce-c. 2500 bce Assyria: c.
2500 bce-609 bce Babylon: c. 1800 bce-c. 550 bce Two. Africa and the New World Africa and the New World: From c. 1500 bce (Uncertain) to Present Day Eastern Africa Western Africa: Fon/Dahomey, Kingdom of Dahomey, Benin Western Africa: Yoruba Western Africa: Akan and Ashanti People, Ghana, Ivory Coast Western Africa: Badagry People, Nigeria Western Africa: Canary Islands Western Africa: Harvest Goddesses Southern Africa The-Afro-American Diaspora: 16th Century ce to Present Day Three. Egypt Egypt: c. 2700 bce-3rd Century ce Early Goddesses Celestial Goddesses Fertility Goddesses Civic and Political Goddesses Goddesses of War and Protection Goddesses of Wisdom Psychopomps and Goddesses of Death and the Afterlife Four. Oceania The Minoans: c.
2000 bce-c. 1450 bce The Mycenaeans: c. 1450-c. 750 bce Polynesia, Micronesia and Melanesia: c. 1400 bce-Present Day Five. Canaan and Anatolia Canaan: c. 1350 bce-c. 500 ce Anatolia/The Hittite Empire: c.
1600 bce-1180 bce Six. Ancient Greece and Rome Ancient Greece and Rome: c. 1200 bce to c. 600 ce Creation Goddesses, Titans and Gods Goddesses of Earth and Sky Goddesses of Water and the Ocean Goddesses of Personification Goddess Groups Goddesses of Beauty, Love and Sex Goddesses of Fertility, Prosperity and Social Order Mother Goddesses Goddesses of Medicine and Healing Nymphs and Lesser Spirits Goddesses of Wisdom, Art and Science Goddesses of War Goddesses of Fate and Justice Goddesses of Magic, Death and the Underworld Seven. Persia and Armenia The Achaemenid Empire and Zoroastrianism: c. 650 bce-c. 330 bce Urartu (9th century bce >) and Armenia: c. 600 bce-Present Day Eight.
The Far East China/Taoism: c. 1600 bce-Present Day Japan/Shinto: c. 380 bce-Present Day Korea Myanmar (Formerly Burma) Vietnam The Philippines Nine. Northern Europe Northern European Germanic Nordic/Norse Baltic and Slavic Ten. First Nations and Native Americans First Nations, Native Americans First Nations, Inuit and Métis Native Americans Part II--Goddesses by Religion Eleven. The Abrahamic Religions Judaism: c. 2000 bce to the Present Day Christianity: 1st century ce to the Present Day Pre-Islamic Arabia: Uncertain Date to c. 610 ce Islam: c.
610 ce to the Present Day Twelve. Hinduism Hinduism: c. 800 bce to the Present Day Consorts of Gods Creation Goddesses Goddesses of Earth and Sky Goddesses of Forest, Fertility and Prosperity Goddesses of Compassion Goddesses of Protection Goddesses of Beauty, Love and Sex Goddesses of Wisdom, Arts and Science Mother Goddesses Thirteen. Buddhism Buddhism: c. 600 bce to the Present Day Buddhist Goddesses Fourteen. Celtic Druidism Celtic Druidism Goddesses of Britain Goddesses of Gallia (Gaul, Now France), Iberia (Now Spain) and Central Europe Goidelic or Gaelic Goddesses Brythonic Goddesses Appendix A: Summary Timeline Appendix B: Glossary Appendix C: Goddess Names Chapter Notes Bibliography Index.