WOMS210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Paternalism, Hindu Law, Hindu Views On Evolution
17 Sep 2016
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Creation by spontaneous generation: goddess had highest power, virgin birth, birth via a primal sea. Creation by divine pairing: roles of men were recognized, reflects a physical reality, a loss of power for the goddess took place here. Creation by activity of a single male god: goddess no longer needed, at this point the goddess is dead, bodily, intellectual: genesis. What is the evidence that supports this shift: metal artifacts. Prior to 3500bce use of jewelry, statues and tools. Post 3500bce they were converted to metal weapons: gravesites. Male chiefs buried in large decorated burial places wealth predominated these burial sites as the men were surrounded by weapons. The transcription of myth and the establishment of patriarchy: those who converted the oral tradition to written form where held in high esteem and the creators of a community belief system. O(cid:271)edie(cid:374)(cid:272)e to the religious leader becomes equivalent to obedience to god.
