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Goddesses and myths of Asia: images of the female divine in history. Deities and legendary women in China and India.
Amateras
Ancient Japanese sun goddess. Links from N.S. Gill, About Guide to Ancient History.
Izanami
Primordial goddess of Japan. Links from N.S. Gill, About Guide to Ancient History.
Legend of Miao-shan
The legend where the Chinese male deity Kuan-yin first appears as a female deity.
Royal Beauty as Object of Desire: Politics of Abduction
A postmodernist comparison of the Greek and Indian mythological images of abducted women, by Jitender Gillin the journal Queen. Analyzed are stories of Helen of Troy, Sita and Samyogita.
Uzume
Daughter of Heaven: Japanese Shinto goddess of happiness.
Warrior Women of the Eurasian Steppes
Has this archeological project found the original Amazons?

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