Table of Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Table of Contents V
3. Introduction: Symbols of Conflicts 1
4. A Few Essential Remarks Concerning Positive and Negative Relations between Gods 7
5. Tvastar. Some Reflections on the History of an Ancient Indian God 13
6. Feminine versus Masculine. The Sophia Myth and the Origins of Feminism 65
7. Conflict and Alliance in Manichaeism 99
8. How Dualistic Beliefs are Performed by Shi'is: The Stages of Kerbala 125
9. Catharism, Catholicism, and Magic. Rethinking Le Roy Ladurie's 'Montaillou' 143
10. Contention and Alliance of Gods: The Nias Case 177
11. The War of the Gods in Scandinavian Mythology 193
12. Inanna/Ishtar as a Figure of Controversy 225
13. Relations and Conflicts between Egyptian Gods, particularly in the Divine Ennead of Heliopolis 239
14. Changes of Belief in Spiritual Beings, Prophethood, and the Rise of Islam 259
15. Index 291
16. Errata 297