Index of Subjects
Abraham
biblical figure 27
,
33 –34 78 –81 passim 217
,
221
,
247
,
277
,
339
,
341
novelistic reconfigurations of 79 –82 passim 96
,
216
,
221
,
226
,
229
,
231 –33 236 –59 338 –43 359
,
364
,
367
Abram see Abraham
Adam
biblical figure 55n
,
64
,
131
,
226
,
231
,
318
,
358
gnostic depiction of 126
novelistic reconfigurations of 55
,
66
,
68 –70 72
,
126
,
130 –33 231 –32 244
,
256
,
307 –22 330
,
336
,
366
After These Things (Diski) 83
,
339
Akedah 79
,
259
,
338 –40 343
,
359
,
367
amputation (motif) 46 –53 208
,
267 red shoes motif See also “Red Shoes, The” (Andersen) See also Red Shoes, The (film)
Anath 95n2
,
98
,
101 goddess
androcentrism 4
,
32
,
58
,
62
,
76 –77 79
,
85
,
176
,
197
,
199
androgyny 55n
,
64n10
,
125 –26 148
,
152
,
322
“Angel in the House” (Patmore) 48
,
61
,
310
,
366
anonymous anointer 40 Mary Magdalene
Aphrodite 150
Apocryphon of John, The 114
,
131 gnosticism
apophatic discourses 118
Ark, the 10
,
53 –59 passim 157 –215 passim 347
,
349
,
358
,
362 –63 370
Artemis 150 goddess
Asherah 95nn2–3 goddess
Astarte 150 goddess
Atlantis 173
,
183 –87 201
Bathsheba 6n
,
18
biblical men see specific names
biblical women see specific names
Bilhah
biblical figure 10
,
47
,
51
,
77
,
100n
,
354
,
358
,
368
novelistic reconfigurations of 10
,
47
,
77
,
95
,
97 –100 106n11
,
109 –10 346
,
354
,
358
,
368
binary oppositions 13n
,
20
,
87
,
93
,
128
,
150
,
369 –70 dichotomies See also dualisms
Book of Mrs Noah, The (Roberts) 1 –11 passim 53 –63 88
,
157 –215 223
,
226
,
263
,
319
,
322
,
347 –50 355 –358 passim 362 –63 368 –70
carnival 183
,
191
,
207
,
207n
,
211
,
291
,
34 8 Bakhtine, Mikhaïl
Christ see Jesus
“Cinderella” (Perrault) 68
,
317 fairy tales
crucifixion of Jesus 39n
,
121
,
134 –36 309
Daphne 162 –63
Daughters of the House (Roberts) 9
dehumanisation 47 –52 passim 83
,
100
,
199 –200 249
,
252
,
264
,
278
,
280
,
293
,
358
Demeter 77
,
148
,
150 –51 goddess
dialogism 59n
,
165
,
220
,
222
,
268
,
364
dichotomies 46
,
87
,
98
,
113
,
126
,
128
,
129n9
,
176
,
214
,
334
,
360 –61 369 binary oppositions See also dualisms
Dinah
10
,
15
,
72 –78 87
,
93 –111 201
,
297
,
335
,
344 –47 356
,
359 –61 370
biblical figure 18n10
,
19
,
72 –77 93
,
104n8
,
359
rape of 72 –75 77
,
94
,
104n8
,
108
,
345
,
359
“Dinner Party” (Chicago) 209
Divine Comedy (Dante) 313
,
343
divine feminine 33
,
41
,
43
,
84
,
87
,
95n3
,
96
,
100 –03 passim 112
,
126 –33 142
,
157
,
263
,
358
,
360 –61 Goddess See also Great Mother
dream
“archeo-logic” of 175 –76 179
,
363
as projection 215
,
244
,
248
,
256
,
258 –59 339
,
340 –42
prophetic or revelatory 102
,
107
,
110
,
126 –33 136 –51 188
,
330 –35 367
voyage 53 –63 passim 157 –215 347 –50 358
,
362
dualisms 45 –46 113
,
124 binary oppositions See also dichotomies
Eden
as home 307 –308 310
,
315
,
317
,
319
loss of 65
,
71
,
132
,
201
,
226
,
312
,
330
maternal 201
,
222
narrative 64 –65 71
,
131
primeval unity in 125
,
201
,
361 Fall, the
Elizabeth (biblical figure) 19
eloquent silence 103 –09 passim 113
,
133 –36 passim 181
,
238
,
327 –28 355
,
356
,
360 –61 367
,
369
Eurydice 136
,
353 –54
Eve
biblical figure 64 –65 68
,
70 –71 226
,
318
Christian and Jewish interpretations of 55n
,
64 –65 69
,
71
,
131 –32 309
,
318
,
336
gnostic depictions of 125 –26
new 126
,
337 –38 367
novelistic reconfigurations of 10
,
15
,
64 –72 88
,
124
,
130 –133 231 –32 234
,
244
,
263
,
305 –23 330
,
336 –38 358 –59 366 –67
second 40
,
43
,
362
Zoe as 130 –32
existentialism 229
,
233 –34 240
,
257
,
340
fairy tales 65 –69 71 –72 207n
,
208
,
286
,
305 –08 311
,
313
,
318 –20 passim 336 –38 347
,
358 –59 366 “Cinderella” (Perrault) See also “Frog King, The” (brothers Grimm) See also “Little Mermaid, The” (Andersen) See also “Red Riding Hood” See also “Red Shoes, The” (Andersen) See also “Sleeping Beauty” See also “Snow White” (brothers Grimm)
Fall, the
Christian interpretations 65
,
124
,
132
novelistic reconfigurations of 70
,
132
,
201
,
226
,
231
,
242
,
245
,
338 –39 343 Eden
feminism
characters embodying 61
,
158
,
179
,
192 –93 194n
,
270 –71 282
,
314
,
320 –21
goddess and 95
,
97
,
102 –03 127
,
130
,
152
,
201
,
205
interpretations of the Bible and 3 –5 9
,
35 –36 39
,
42 –44 58n
,
64
,
71
,
76
,
336
,
339–40
,
359
religious studies and 3 –5 32
second-wave 3
,
320
,
336
silence and 19
,
23
,
30 –33 35 –36 83 –88 359
voice and 13 –14 356
“Fishers and Mariners: The Flood, The” 53 –54 Flood, the
Flood, the 9
,
53
,
158 –59 161
,
164
,
166
,
174
,
181n
,
183 –84 187 –89 206
,
223
,
358
,
362
“Frog King, The” (brothers Grimm) 66 fairy tales See also Grimm, brothers
gap
biblical 1
,
6
,
10
,
18 –19 24
,
28
,
72
,
75 –76 94
,
169
,
187
,
190
,
356
expressing reticence 265
,
284
,
287
,
289
,
300
,
307
,
321
,
323
,
353
,
365 –66 369
expressing the unspeakable and ineffable 120 –21 149
,
300
,
361 implicit dimension, the
gnosticism 41 –42 112
,
117 –18 122
,
125 –26 130n
,
131 –32 139
,
149
,
329 Apocryphon of John, The See also Gospel of Philip See also Gospel of Thomas See also On the Origin of the World
Goddess
repression of 43 –44 95
,
131 –32 138
,
142 –43 145
,
150
,
185
,
214n
,
330 –32 360
worship 43
,
70
,
78
,
80
,
93 –103 passim 107
,
112
,
123
,
127 –33 137 –38 149 –51 201
,
323
,
346–47
,
360
,
362 divine feminine See also Great Mother See also specific names
Gospel of Mary 41
,
122
,
139
,
152
,
329 –31 gnosticism
Gospel of Philip 41
,
122
,
125
,
126n
,
129n9
,
139
,
149 gnosticism
Gospel of Thomas 41 gnosticism
granddaughter, motif 335 –38 344
,
347
,
350 –51 366 –68
Great Mother
murder or silencing of 43 –44 96
,
126 –27 132 –33 142 –46 157
,
360 –61
rehabilitation of 87
,
97 –98 100 –102 130
,
132
,
139
,
142
,
157
,
263
,
334
,
360
worship 95
,
97
,
100 –02 205
,
263
,
346 divine feminine See also Goddess
grotesque, the 207 –08
Hagar 6n
,
79
,
252 –53 313
,
364
Handmaid’s Tale, The (Atwood) 2
,
6
,
8n
,
9
,
10
,
11
,
46 –53 88
,
119n4
,
167n7
,
211
,
248
,
263 –304 305
,
350 –55 356 –358 passim 364 –70 passim
harlot see prostitute
Hell 136 –39 141 –51 210
,
276
,
312 –13 315
,
328 underworld, the
hieros gamos see sacred marriage
Holocaust, the 18n9
,
19
,
23
,
24n
,
118 –19 264n
implicit dimension, the 29 –30 53
,
187
,
356 –57 359 gap
Inanna 97 –99 101 –03 147
,
150 Goddess
ineffable, the
divine 80n
,
114 –121 passim 147 –49 passim 190
,
300
,
327 –28 330
,
361
form of silence 23
,
29n2
,
113 –121 passim 230
,
233
,
238
,
328
,
355
,
356
,
360 –61 369
horror 135
,
269
,
338
,
344
,
367
rhetoric of 120
,
361 implicit dimension, the See also unsaid, the See also unspeakable, the See also unspoken, the
Innana see Inanna
Interior Castle (Ávila) 116 –17 127n
,
149
Isaac
biblical figure 27
,
359
novelistic reconfigurations of 96
,
232
,
256 –59 338 –40 359
,
364 Akedah
Ishtar 150 goddess See also Inanna
Isis 108
,
150 goddess
Jacob
biblical figure 34
,
47
,
95
,
100n6
,
358
novelistic reconfigurations of 10
,
47
,
74 –76 95 –97 99n5
,
100
,
105 –06 106nn11–12
,
345
,
347
Jesus
biblical figure 3
,
18 –19 39 –40 42
,
69
,
122 –24 136
,
137n15
,
140
,
152
,
221
,
309
gnostic depictions of 41
,
122
,
125n
novelistic reconfigurations of 7
,
41 –43 46
,
69
,
112 –15 121 –26 128
,
133 –41 147
,
151 –53 160
,
196
,
309
,
315
,
327
,
332
,
334
,
361
Judith 59
,
313
Leah
biblical figure 76 –77 95
,
100n
,
273
novelistic reconfigurations of 6n
,
10
,
76 –77 94 –95 97
,
99 –102 105
,
106n11
,
109 –10 273
,
346
,
360
Lilith 71
,
307 –13 315
,
366
“Little Mermaid, The” (Andersen) 48 fairy tales
Martha
biblical figure 40
,
328
novelistic reconfigurations of 1n
,
44
,
50
,
113
,
138
,
150 –51 154
,
315
,
327
,
332
Mary Magdalene
biblical figure 39 –40 42
,
139
,
358
Christian interpretations of 39 –42 43
,
124
,
141n
,
328n
,
358
composite figure 40 –41 138
,
358
gnostic depictions of 41 –42 122
,
130n
,
139
,
152 –53 329 –31
mystics and 116n
novelistic reconfigurations of 6n
,
10
,
15
,
39 –46 87
,
93
,
112 –54 164
,
214n
,
327 –35 358
,
361 –62 367
,
369 –70
second or new Eve, as 40
,
43
,
126
,
362 anonymous anointer See also Mary of Bethany
Mary (mother of Jesus)
biblical figure 334
embodying female silence 37
,
63
,
186
,
316
,
318
embodying the mother figure 63
,
71
,
150
,
177
,
186
,
205
,
315 –17
Madonna 71
,
177
,
313
,
315 –18 366
novelistic reconfigurations of 1n
,
41
,
154
,
327
,
332
,
334
perpetual virginity of 124
,
205
,
315 –16 318
,
334
Mary of Bethany 1n
,
40
,
40n3
,
50
,
315 Mary Magdalene
Mary of Magdala see Mary Magdalene
maternal figure see mother
menses see menstrual blood
menstrual blood 51
,
99
,
102 –03 196
,
236
,
239
mermaid 48
,
66
,
200 –01 337
Michal 18
midrash 8 –9 28
,
76
,
79
,
222
,
339–40
,
359
mimetic desire 245 –46 249
,
252 –53 259
monologism 28
,
58
,
187
,
220
,
264
,
268
,
272
,
274
,
277
,
355
,
364 –65 368
moon
fertility imagery 52
,
97 –98 102 –03 110
,
150
,
297
Goddess imagery 97
,
102
,
150 –51 302
,
346
witches and 144
mother
abject 143 –45 184 –85 190
absence or loss of 44 –45 56
,
82
,
94
,
105 –09 passim 146 –47 197
,
201 –03 206 –14 passim 223
,
227 –30 233 –34 241
,
253
,
259
,
281 –83 363 –64 369
bad or monstrous 71
,
180
,
183
,
187
,
312 –14 316
Christian and Jewish views on 70 –71 331
daughter relationship 49
,
76 –78 93 –111 148n23
,
151
,
188 –90 208 –14 281 –83 309
,
335
,
344 –47 359
,
361
,
363
self-sacrificing 188
,
315
silencing of 34 –35 45
,
47
,
50
,
60 –63 70 –71 80
,
94
,
113
,
169 –71 173
,
176
,
179 –80 185 –86 198 –99 328 –30 347 –49 367
surrogate 46
,
50
,
274
traditional dichotomies 46
,
177
,
309
,
330 Great Mother See also Mary (mother of Jesus)
Mrs Noah 10
,
15
,
53 –64 157 –215 281
,
301
,
347 –50 358
,
362 –63 368
,
370
mysticism 62
,
112
,
116 –17 119
,
125
,
127
,
149
,
170
,
194
,
329 Ávila, Teresa of
nihilism 22
,
82
,
228
,
230
,
241
,
248
Noah
biblical figure 53
,
368
Donne’s reconfiguration of 159
mystery plays and 53 –54 368
novelistic reconfigurations of 54 –57 160
,
168 –69 173
,
176
,
182 –83 188
,
195
,
203
,
210
,
215
,
235
,
241 –42 319
,
349 –50 368 Mrs Noah
objectification see dehumanisation
Oedipus complex 201 –03 205
,
212 –13 316 –17
Offred 15
,
46 –53 88
,
248
,
263 –304 305
,
308
,
350 –55 365
,
368
,
370 Bilhah
Only Human (Diski) 6
,
8
,
8n
,
9 –11 15
,
28
,
78 –83 88
,
119n4
,
157
,
184n16
,
212
,
259 263
,
338 –44 355
,
357 –69 passim
On the Origin of the World 130n
,
131 gnosticism
original sin 43
,
64
,
69
,
121
,
124
,
133
,
231 Augustine (Saint)
penis envy 197
,
292
Persephone 133
,
148 –51 goddess
polyphony 14
,
42
,
53
,
59
,
62 –63 78
,
157 –65 passim 172
,
174 –75 177
,
193
,
199
,
206
,
222
,
265 –77 passim 304
,
359
,
363
,
365
Process theology 225
,
232
“Professions for Women” (Woolf) 61
,
310
Progresse of the Soule, The (Donne) 157 –66
projection theory 243
,
251
,
258n
,
339 –40 Feuerbach, Ludwig
prostitute 42
,
45 –46 113
,
138
,
141
,
150
,
153
,
177
,
214
,
271
,
296
,
313 –15 329 –30 332
,
334
,
366 –67
Rachel
biblical figure 10
,
47
,
51
,
77
,
95
,
99n4
,
100n
,
354
,
358
novelistic reconfigurations of 6n
,
10
,
77
,
95
,
97 –102 106n11
,
107 –10 270
,
345 –46
Rahab 342
Rebecca 6n
,
108
,
346
Rebekah see Rebecca
“Red Riding Hood” 317 fairy tales
red shoes motif 208
,
272 amputation
“Red Shoes, The” (Andersen) 48
,
48n
,
208 amputation See also fairy tales
Red shoes, The (film) 48
,
272 amputation
Red Tent, The (Diamant) 6
,
8
,
8n
,
9 –11 28
,
72 –78 93 –111 126
,
147
,
157
,
344 –47 351
,
355
,
356 –69 passim
resurrection
appearance 39 –40 152
,
358
bodily 123
,
139 –41 151 –53
gnostic 114 –15 139
regained primeval wholeness and 117
,
125 –26 128
,
134
,
139 –40 147 –49 151
,
153
,
214n
,
361
sexuality leading to 121 –22
reticence 72
,
263 –304 passim 305 –23 passim 336
,
338
,
351 –55 passim 356
,
365 –69
re(–)vision 8 –9 27 –28 31
,
53
,
56
,
65
,
76
,
162 –64 168
,
213 –14 305
,
343
,
357
riddles 170
,
173
,
175 –206 281
,
362 –63
Room of One’s Own, A (Woolf) 126
,
180 –82 199 –200 210
Ruth 6n
,
77
,
342
sacred marriage 103
,
114
,
124 –26 141
,
147 –50 332
,
361
Salome
biblical figure 313
novelistic reconfigurations of 143 –47 149 –50 154
,
327
,
329 –32 367
Sarah
biblical figure 78 –79 81 –82 217
,
228
,
339
,
367
Christian and Jewish interpretations of 79
,
81 –82 228
,
253
,
339
novelistic reconfigurations of 6n
,
7
,
10
,
15
,
78 –83 212n23
,
216 –59 338 –44 346
,
357
,
359
,
363 –64 367
Sarai see Sarah
secret
reticence and 263 –66 268 –69 278
,
289
,
293
,
306
,
323
,
336
,
365
silencing and 107
self–erasure 265
,
287
,
289
,
299
,
307 –08 312
,
365 –66
sexual ethics, Christian 71
,
124
,
184
,
331
Shoah, the see Holocaust, the
Sibylline Oracles, The 160 –62
sibyls 1
,
59 –62 158
,
160 –63 168 –72 176 –82 187
,
190 –201 passim 204 –08 passim 212
,
214
,
347 –49
silence
12
,
15 –24 87 –88 356 –57 369 –70
Bible, in the 1
,
10
,
16 –19 27 –30 32 –37 40
,
46 –47 53
,
58 –59 63 –64 72 –80 93 –94 217
,
327
,
339
,
341
,
344
,
347
,
350
,
354
,
356 –60 367
typology 10
,
24
,
29 –30 356 –58 360 –65 369 –70 eloquent silence See also implicit dimension, the See also ineffable, the See also reticence See also silencing See also spectral silence See also voice blurring
silencing
Book of Mrs Noah, The and 53 –63 157
,
159 –63 166
,
178 –80 186 –88 191 –93 195
,
197
,
200
,
204
,
206 –09 213
,
215
,
347
,
349 –50 358
,
363
,
368
deaf 38
,
54 –55 57
,
59
,
349 –51 353, 357
,
368
definition of 30 –38 356 –57
dumb 31 –35 40
,
43
,
47
,
49 –50 53
,
58 –59 80
,
209
,
352
,
357 –59
feminist responses to 23
,
83 –88 359
garrulous 35 –37 40
,
44 –45 47 –48 54
,
58
,
64
,
65
,
68
,
153
,
200
,
352
,
357 –59 362
Handmaid’s Tale, The and 46 –53 264
,
266
,
271
,
273 –74 278
,
293
,
303 –04 351
,
54
,
358
,
365
,
368
Only Human and 78 –83 217
,
219
,
239
,
259
,
338 –39 359
,
364
,
367
Red Tent, The and 72 –78 93
,
100
,
103
,
105 –08 111
,
344 –45 347
,
359 –61 368
self- 48
,
57
,
61
,
188
,
190
,
192
,
239
,
327
,
329
,
335
,
347
,
367 –68
Sisters and Strangers and 64 –72 305
,
309
,
311
,
313
,
321 –23 337
,
358 –59 366
typology 31 –38
Wild Girl, The and 39 –46 113
,
126
,
131
,
140
,
150
,
153
,
327
,
329
,
331
,
335
,
358
,
360 –62 367
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
intertextual references to 294
,
296
Sisters and Strangers (Tennant) 6
,
8n
,
9 –11 15
,
64 –72 88
,
167n7
,
176
,
263
,
265 –66 305 –23 336 –38 347
,
351
,
355
,
356 –69 passim
“Sleeping Beauty” 66 fairy tales
“Snow White” (brothers Grimm) 68
,
71
,
207n
,
208 fairy tales
Sophia 129 –30 132
,
33 3 361 goddess See also Wisdom
spectral silence 56
,
82
,
155
,
157
,
203
,
206
,
211 –12 214
,
216
,
223
,
226 –28 230
,
233 –34 241
,
248
,
253
,
259
,
265
,
344
,
347
,
355 –56 362 –64 369
Sphinx 58
,
173
,
176
,
178
Tamar 342
Testaments, The (Atwood) 9
testimony 34
,
40 –42 52
,
78
,
107 –09 149
,
166
,
173
,
179
,
198
,
218
,
230
,
264 –65 267
,
269
,
277 –78 296
,
300 –01 303 –04 329
,
335
,
337
,
344
,
351 –53 358
,
360 –61 365
,
370
trauma 23
,
78
,
82
,
105
,
107 –08 119n4
,
192
,
199
,
219
,
228
,
230
,
249
,
264 –67 269
,
279
,
305
,
340
,
353
,
364
,
369
triangular desire 232
,
239
,
245 –46 249
,
252 –53 Girard, René
unconscious, the 55
,
57
,
150
,
164
,
169
,
172 –73 175
,
181
,
348 –50 362 –63
underworld, the 133
,
136 –50 183 –87 206 –07 353
,
363 Hell
unsaid, the 21n
,
29 implicit dimension See also ineffable, the See also unspeakable, the See also unspoken, the
unspeakable, the 21n
,
23
,
29n2
,
117 –20 179
,
269
,
288
,
361
,
369 implicit dimension See also ineffable, the See also unsaid, the See also unspoken, the
unspoken, the 29
,
31
,
107
,
236
,
341 implicit dimension See also ineffable, the See also unsaid, the See also unspeakable, the
virginity
124 –25
aspect of the moon goddess 150
Christian views on 124
traditional dichotomies 46
,
113
,
124
,
177
,
214
,
334 under Mary (mother of Jesus)
Virgin Mary see Mary (mother of Jesus)
voice
asserting one’s 10 –11 13 –14 46 –47 52
,
87
,
93
,
100
,
105
,
109 –111 136
,
138
,
140
,
153
,
160 –61 188
,
214 –15 250
,
264
,
277
,
284
,
295
,
303
,
305
,
327
,
329
,
336
,
342
,
346 –47 349 –50 354–55
,
358 –370 passim
censorious 190 –94 197
,
204
,
348
finding one’s 13 –15 24
,
43
,
100
,
103
,
107
,
109
,
181
,
189
,
204
,
206
,
213
,
239 –40 243
,
274
,
305
,
313
,
327
,
342
,
345
,
350
,
354–55
,
356 –370 passim
general definition of 10 –11 12 –15 356 –57
narrative 14 –15 42
,
62 –63 74 –75 78
,
83
,
85
,
112 –113 117
,
121
,
157 –214 passim 216 –257 passim 266
,
303 –06 340
,
342
,
344
,
356 –57 361 –63 363 –65 369
passing on 63
,
270
,
272
,
304
,
327
,
335 –38 344
,
347
,
350 –51 367 –68
quest for 13
,
47
,
53
,
62
,
83
,
154
,
177
,
182
,
191 –93 263
,
266
,
365
silenced 13 –14 19
,
31n6
,
37
,
42 –43 47 –49 59
,
72
,
75 –76 78
,
84
,
93
,
107
,
131
,
133
,
151
,
161 –62 180
,
219
,
264
,
335–36
,
338
,
340
,
353
,
359 –368 passim
tampering with 165 –66 198
,
351 –52 polyphony See also voice blurring
voice blurring 63
,
83
,
157
,
166 –206 214
,
216 –26 303
,
305 –06 338
,
341
,
342
,
350 –51 355
,
356
,
362 –64 369
water imagery 97
,
101 –02 109 –10 145
,
157
,
165
,
179
,
181
,
189
whore see prostitute
Wild Girl, The (Roberts) 6 –11 , 39 –46 93
,
112 –54 164
,
177
,
185
,
190
,
202
,
214n
,
230
,
263
,
300
,
327 –35 355
,
357 –61 passim 367
,
369 passim
Wisdom 129 –30 142
,
330 goddess See also Sophia
witch 43
,
144
,
153
,
161
,
311
,
330
,
336 –37 367
Zilpah
biblical figure 77
,
100n
novelistic reconfigurations of 77
,
95
,
97 –100 106n11
,
109 –10 34 6
Zoe 130 –32 goddess