Edited by Gerri Leen
Price: $14.99
Publication Date: 4 September 2016
Place of Publication: Asheville, North Carolina
Dimensions: 5 x 8
Pages: 306 pp
ISBN: 978-1537307022
Anat, Ereshkigal, Artemis, Juno, Venus, Bast, Seshat, Brigid, Arduinna, Freyja, Hel, Yemaya, Mawu, Pele, Ix Chel, Kuan Yin, Tara, Sarasvati, Kali.
Goddesses were, and still are, widely worshipped. Not just in far off places, but close by, right here. People today sing to these Goddesses, pray to them, dance for them, make offerings — and write for them. The poetry and prose and art collected here celebrates Goddesses from all over the world. Like the Goddesses they honor, these tales and poems and works of art vary from the humorous to the horrific, from the deeply personal to the deeply transcendent, and everything in between. Some Goddesses will be familiar, others strange, still others completely new.
It is our hope that you will find these words and works of art not just entertaining, but also inspiring: sing, pray, dance, set up an altar — pick up your pen.
The Goddesses are here.
Garland of the Goddess is the latest in Bibliotheca Alexandrina‘s line of genre fiction anthologies. It can be purchased in paperback through Amazon, and through Barnes and Noble.
All of the proceeds from Garland of the Goddess – as well as many of the other volumes in the Bibliotheca Alexandrina series – will be used to help promote the revival of the worship of the ancient Gods, with a portion of the proceeds given to worthy charitable organizations in their name. So, not only will you be getting an imaginative collection of tales – but your money will be going to do good work and help the revival of ancient polytheistic religions.
ATTENTION Librarians, Teachers and Retailers: the print version of Garland of the Goddess will also available at reduced cost for academic institutions, lending libraries (public and private) and retailers. Check our online store, or email baeditor@gmail.com with any questions.
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Table of Contents
Goddesses by Ravenart … 3
Dedication … 5
Introduction by Gerri Leen … 16
From the Desk of the Editor-in-Chief by Rebecca Buchanan … 18
Greek and Roman Goddesses
Judgement of Paris by Maggie Middleton … 21
Song of Persephone by Jennifer Ambrose … 22
Punxsutawney Phil Called Persephone by Literata Hurley … 24
Persephone Called Phil Back by Literata Hurley … 25
Missing Person Report: Persephone by Melia Brokaw … 26
Venus by Vonnie Winslow Crist … 28
Excerpt from The Pearl of Alexandria by Rebecca Buchanan … 30
Kallistei — To The Fairest by Alexandra Seidel … 32
The Woman in the Moon by A.J. Huffman … 33
The First Day by Sandi Leibowitz … 34
Everything Silver by Kai Coggin … 35
The Villainess of Olympus by Gerri Leen … 37
Hera Antheia in the Rain by Reilly Falanx … 39
Nemesis by Erynn Rowan Laurie … 40
Daphne Tells All by Sally Basmajian … 42
Egyptian Goddesses
For Love of the Great Being by Kathy Crabbe … 47
I Am Bast by T.J. O’Hare … 48
Night by Vonnie Winslow Crist … 52
I am Nephthys by Frances Billinghurst … 54
Seshat by Rebecca Buchanan … 56
The Words of Seshat by Alexandra Seidel … 57
Garland of Roses (Rhodophoria/Rosalia Festivals) by Chelsea Luellon Bolton … 59
Raettawy by Taqerisenu … 61
Ancient Near Eastern Goddesses
Queen of the Night by Kris.K.G … 63
Shekhinah by Alicia Cole … 64
Haikus for Anat by Rebecca Buchanan … 65
Hymn to ’Athirat by Rebecca Buchanan … 66
Geshtinanna’s Dream by Taqerisenu … 67
Namma by Taqerisenu … 69
Ereshkigal by Alexandra Seidel … 71
Norse Goddesses
Lady Love by Kayci Castillo … 73
Freyja in Falcon-Skin by Sandi Leibowitz … 74
Freyja by S.R. Hardy … 76
Freyja’s Might by Sandi Leibowitz … 77
Freya by Ralph Monday … 78
Upon Inviting In the Goddess Freyja by T.J. O’Hare … 80
Golden Delicious by Jennifer Lawrence … 81
Schrödinger’s Goddess by Erin Lale … 84
Bindings by Tahni J. Nikitins … 85
Cold Stoneware by Jennifer Lawrence … 106
Celtic Goddesses
Brigid by Shauna Aura Knight … 111
Boann’s Sacrifice by Michael Routery … 112
Wildfire by Jennifer Lawrence … 113
Brigid’s Blessing by Annie Herring … 116
Brigid by Lee Clark Zumpe … 117
Brighid Dreams the Poet by Erynn Rowan Laurie … 118
Brig Ambue by Erynn Rowan Laurie … 120
Brigantia by Taqerisenu … 122
The Matronae by Michael Routery … 124
Flidais by P.J.Reed… 126
Artio of The Bears by Michael Routery … 127
Gleaning for Arduinna by Michael Routery … 128
Advice by Jennifer Lawrence … 129
African and Caribbean Goddesses
Sutra by Barbara Ruth … 131
Mami Wata by Alicia Cole … 132
Ofo Ase by Gloria Steele-Hatten … 133
Conversation Between Abuk and Her Newborn Son by A.J. Huffman … 136
I Am by Rebecca Buchanan … 138
Mawu, Dahomeyan Creatrix by T.J. O’Hare … 140
Come Back by Barbara Ruth … 143
Mambo Ayizan by Alicia Cole … 141
Song for Maman Dantor by Alicia Cole … 142
Yemanjá Afodo by Taqerisenu … 144
Yemanya, Brazilian Queen of the Ocean/Yoruba Patron of Women by T.J. O’Hare … 146
temptress blamed, woman scorned by Gloria Steele-Hatten … 148
Far Eastern Goddesses
Guanyin statue in Thailand. From a Public Place by noppharat … 151
Guan Yin’s Lullaby by Emma Moser … 152
Bodhisattva by Gerri Leen … 154
Guan Yin by Maia Cornish … 155
Star Mother by Gerri Leen … 157
For Tara by Penn Kemp … 160
Kurukulla, Buddhist Goddess of Unlimited Enchantment by T.J. O’Hare … 161
Sarasvati, Buddhist Manifestation of an Ancient Hindu Goddess by T.J. O’Hare … 163
Of Willow Trees and River Orphans by A.J. Huffman … 166
Passing Into Shadow by Sandy Hiortdahl … 167
Seventeen Haiku Composed for Ama-Terasu-O-Mi-Kami by T.J. O’Hare … 172
Rice Grower: A Song for Inari by Alicia Cole … 175
Hindu Goddesses
Goddess Kali at Sunset by adrenalinapura … 177
Ever Flowing by Janine Canan … 178
A Goddess In Bed by Nora M. Mulligan … 179
Dawn’s Joy by Rebecca Buchanan … 181
Dancing with Shiva by Gerri Leen … 182
Akhilandeshvari : The Always broken one by Karen Storminger … 187
To Shakti by Anindita Sengupta … 188
Native American, MesoAmerican, and Oceanian Goddesses
Natura Rising by Pegi Eyers … 189
They Do Not Stand on Ceremony, or Do They? by Neal Whitman … 190
Three for Spider Woman by T.J. O’Hare … 191
Kuka Mama, Sown by Emma Moser … 193
Chuparosa by Barbara Ruth … 195
Woman of Fire, Woman of Snow by David W. Landrum … 197
Pele, Hawaiian Volcano Goddess by T.J. O’Hare … 222
The Burned Veil by Maia Cornish … 223
Papatūānuku: A Lament by Emma Moser … 228
Luminescent Giant Butterfly Lady by Rebecca Buchanan … 229
La Santisima Muerte by Marie C. Lecrivain … 230
Ix Chel by Jennifer Bradpiece … 232
Ixchel, Mayan Medicine Woman/Moon Goddess by T.J. O’Hare … 233
Coatlicue (or reasons not to date a Mexican woman) by Hugo Esteban Rodríguez
Castañeda … 234
Dos by Hugo Esteban Rodríguez Castañeda … 237
Universal, Multiple, and New Goddesses
Great Mother by Pegi Eyers … 239
Ailaanin by Rebecca Buchanan … 240
She by Bob Carlton … 261
Her by Janine Canan … 262
You Are Not Alone by Janine Canan … 263
Beyond by Janine Canan … 264
Labyrinth and the Lady by Literata Hurley … 265
My Queen, My Love by Leah Haymond … 267
Quail Egg Forest by Leah Haymond … 268
Another Moon & Sky Poem by James B. Nicola … 270
Marie Laveau by Alicia Cole … 272
Aqua Jewel by T.J. O’Hare … 273
White Goddess by Lee Clark Zumpe … 277
She Turns by Amie Ravenson … 278
Appendix A: Recommended Reading … 280
Appendix B: Our Contributors … 282
Appendix C: About Bibliotheca Alexandrina — Current Titles — Forthcoming Titles … 303
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