Senior Theses

Publication Date

5-2023

Document Type

Thesis (Open Access)

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies

Department

Religious Studies

Faculty Advisor(s)

Jennifer Williams

Subject Categories

Religion

Abstract

This paper analyzes the connection between the Ancient Mother Goddess and the modern EcoFeminist movement by illustrating similar traits and symbolic images that they share. I first examine how far back the mother figure was praised in human history, and how images of the feminine body connect to the nurturing aspect of our Earth in Paleolithic times. I then analyze the Mother Goddess figure through three ancient religious Goddesses; the Hindu Goddess Devi and all of her embodiments, the Ancient Egyptian Goddess Isis, and the mother goddess Gaia in Greek mythology.

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