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An inspiring new analysis of females from perennially popular myth and legend, as well as uncovering previously overlooked characters. This contemporary feminist approach speaks directly to the empowering rhetoric of recent women-focused publishing.
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An inspiring new analysis of females from perennially popular myth and legend, as well as uncovering previously overlooked characters. This contemporary feminist approach speaks directly to the empowering rhetoric of recent women-focused publishing.
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- Verlag: Quarto Publishing PLC
- Seitenzahl: 224
- Erscheinungstermin: 4. Februar 2020
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 236mm x 174mm x 27mm
- Gewicht: 788g
- ISBN-13: 9781781319260
- ISBN-10: 178131926X
- Artikelnr.: 56971394
- Herstellerkennzeichnung
- Libri GmbH
- Europaallee 1
- 36244 Bad Hersfeld
- 06621 890
- Verlag: Quarto Publishing PLC
- Seitenzahl: 224
- Erscheinungstermin: 4. Februar 2020
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 236mm x 174mm x 27mm
- Gewicht: 788g
- ISBN-13: 9781781319260
- ISBN-10: 178131926X
- Artikelnr.: 56971394
- Herstellerkennzeichnung
- Libri GmbH
- Europaallee 1
- 36244 Bad Hersfeld
- 06621 890
Kate Hodges graduated from the University of Westminster with a BA in Print Journalism. She has over 20 years writing experience on magazines, having been a staffer on publications including The Face, Bizarre, Just Seventeen, Smash Hits and Sky, and written for many more, including The Guardian, Kerrang! and NME. She has also worked for Rapido TV and P For Production films. She is the author of three books on London.Harriet Lee-Merrion is an award-winning illustrator based in Bristol, in the South West of England. Her work has been published worldwide and exhibited internationally in New York, London and Berlin. She has illustrated for numerous clients including The British Library, Conde Nast, the Guardian, the Washington Post and the New York Times.
FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1 WITCHES Wise women, soothsayers and healers
HECATE Greek: goddess
MORGAN LE FAY. British: enchantress and fairy
CIRCE Greek: goddess/witch
BABA YAGA Slavic: witch
CASSANDRA. Greek: prophet
THE PYTHIA. Greek: priestess/witch
BERCHTA. Southern German/Austrian: goddess
WHITE BUFFALO CALF WOMAN Indigenous American/Lakotan: spirit
RHIANNON Celtic: goddess/fairy
CHAPTER 2 WARRIORS Fighters, strategists and bringers of justice
ARTEMIS Greek: goddess
ANATH Northwest Semitic: goddess
DIVOKA SARKA Bohemian: warrior
FREYJA Norse: goddess
THE FURIES Roman/Greek: goddesses
CIHUATETEO Meso-American: spirits
KALT Hindu: goddess
YENNENGA Mossi, African: princess
JEZEBEL Hebrew/Christian: queen
CHAPTER 3 BRINGERS OF MISFORTUNE Destructors, havoc-wreakers, harbingers of
doom
HEL Norse: goddess
MORR.GAN Celtic: goddess
THE VALKYRIES Norse: spirits
PONTIANAK Malay: ghost
BAOBHAN SITH Scottish: vampire
LILITH Jewish: demon
LOVIATAR Finnish: goddess
HARPIES Greek: monsters
MEDUSA Greek/Roman: monster
LA LLORONA Mexican: spirit
BANSHEE Celtic: spirit, fairy
FUTAKUCHI-ONNA Japanese: supernatural beast
CHAPTER 4 ELEMENTAL SPIRITS Lightning bolt-throwers, commanders of fire and
ice, creators of the planet
TIAMAT Babylonian: goddess
MAMI WATA African/American: goddess
PELE Hawaiian: goddess
SELKIES Scottish: creatures
MARI Basque: goddess
THE LADY OF LLYN Y FAN FACH Welsh: fairy
THE RAINBOW SERPENT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, Australia:
gender-fluid goddess/god
MAZU Mazuism/Buddhism/Taoism/Confucianism: goddess
EGLĖ THE QUEEN OF SERPENTS Lithuanian: woman
CHAPTER 5 MUNIFICENT SPIRITS Bountiful deities, generous spirits, domestic
goddesses
TARA Buddhism/Hinduism: goddess
MADDERAKKA Sámi: spirits
THE MOIRAI Greek: incarnations of destiny
BRIGID Celtic: goddess and saint
ERZULIE DANTOR AND ERZULIE FREDA Vodou: goddesses
BONA DEA Roman: goddess
AME-NO-UZUME Japanese: goddess
INANNA Mesopotamian: goddess
MA’AT Egyptian: goddess
LIEU HANH Vietnamese: goddess
MAMAN BRIGITTE Voudou: goddess
GLOSSARY
FURTHER READING
MYTHOLOGICAL WOMEN PLAYLIST
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1 WITCHES Wise women, soothsayers and healers
HECATE Greek: goddess
MORGAN LE FAY. British: enchantress and fairy
CIRCE Greek: goddess/witch
BABA YAGA Slavic: witch
CASSANDRA. Greek: prophet
THE PYTHIA. Greek: priestess/witch
BERCHTA. Southern German/Austrian: goddess
WHITE BUFFALO CALF WOMAN Indigenous American/Lakotan: spirit
RHIANNON Celtic: goddess/fairy
CHAPTER 2 WARRIORS Fighters, strategists and bringers of justice
ARTEMIS Greek: goddess
ANATH Northwest Semitic: goddess
DIVOKA SARKA Bohemian: warrior
FREYJA Norse: goddess
THE FURIES Roman/Greek: goddesses
CIHUATETEO Meso-American: spirits
KALT Hindu: goddess
YENNENGA Mossi, African: princess
JEZEBEL Hebrew/Christian: queen
CHAPTER 3 BRINGERS OF MISFORTUNE Destructors, havoc-wreakers, harbingers of
doom
HEL Norse: goddess
MORR.GAN Celtic: goddess
THE VALKYRIES Norse: spirits
PONTIANAK Malay: ghost
BAOBHAN SITH Scottish: vampire
LILITH Jewish: demon
LOVIATAR Finnish: goddess
HARPIES Greek: monsters
MEDUSA Greek/Roman: monster
LA LLORONA Mexican: spirit
BANSHEE Celtic: spirit, fairy
FUTAKUCHI-ONNA Japanese: supernatural beast
CHAPTER 4 ELEMENTAL SPIRITS Lightning bolt-throwers, commanders of fire and
ice, creators of the planet
TIAMAT Babylonian: goddess
MAMI WATA African/American: goddess
PELE Hawaiian: goddess
SELKIES Scottish: creatures
MARI Basque: goddess
THE LADY OF LLYN Y FAN FACH Welsh: fairy
THE RAINBOW SERPENT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, Australia:
gender-fluid goddess/god
MAZU Mazuism/Buddhism/Taoism/Confucianism: goddess
EGLĖ THE QUEEN OF SERPENTS Lithuanian: woman
CHAPTER 5 MUNIFICENT SPIRITS Bountiful deities, generous spirits, domestic
goddesses
TARA Buddhism/Hinduism: goddess
MADDERAKKA Sámi: spirits
THE MOIRAI Greek: incarnations of destiny
BRIGID Celtic: goddess and saint
ERZULIE DANTOR AND ERZULIE FREDA Vodou: goddesses
BONA DEA Roman: goddess
AME-NO-UZUME Japanese: goddess
INANNA Mesopotamian: goddess
MA’AT Egyptian: goddess
LIEU HANH Vietnamese: goddess
MAMAN BRIGITTE Voudou: goddess
GLOSSARY
FURTHER READING
MYTHOLOGICAL WOMEN PLAYLIST
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1 WITCHES Wise women, soothsayers and healers
HECATE Greek: goddess
MORGAN LE FAY. British: enchantress and fairy
CIRCE Greek: goddess/witch
BABA YAGA Slavic: witch
CASSANDRA. Greek: prophet
THE PYTHIA. Greek: priestess/witch
BERCHTA. Southern German/Austrian: goddess
WHITE BUFFALO CALF WOMAN Indigenous American/Lakotan: spirit
RHIANNON Celtic: goddess/fairy
CHAPTER 2 WARRIORS Fighters, strategists and bringers of justice
ARTEMIS Greek: goddess
ANATH Northwest Semitic: goddess
DIVOKA SARKA Bohemian: warrior
FREYJA Norse: goddess
THE FURIES Roman/Greek: goddesses
CIHUATETEO Meso-American: spirits
KALT Hindu: goddess
YENNENGA Mossi, African: princess
JEZEBEL Hebrew/Christian: queen
CHAPTER 3 BRINGERS OF MISFORTUNE Destructors, havoc-wreakers, harbingers of
doom
HEL Norse: goddess
MORR.GAN Celtic: goddess
THE VALKYRIES Norse: spirits
PONTIANAK Malay: ghost
BAOBHAN SITH Scottish: vampire
LILITH Jewish: demon
LOVIATAR Finnish: goddess
HARPIES Greek: monsters
MEDUSA Greek/Roman: monster
LA LLORONA Mexican: spirit
BANSHEE Celtic: spirit, fairy
FUTAKUCHI-ONNA Japanese: supernatural beast
CHAPTER 4 ELEMENTAL SPIRITS Lightning bolt-throwers, commanders of fire and
ice, creators of the planet
TIAMAT Babylonian: goddess
MAMI WATA African/American: goddess
PELE Hawaiian: goddess
SELKIES Scottish: creatures
MARI Basque: goddess
THE LADY OF LLYN Y FAN FACH Welsh: fairy
THE RAINBOW SERPENT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, Australia:
gender-fluid goddess/god
MAZU Mazuism/Buddhism/Taoism/Confucianism: goddess
EGLĖ THE QUEEN OF SERPENTS Lithuanian: woman
CHAPTER 5 MUNIFICENT SPIRITS Bountiful deities, generous spirits, domestic
goddesses
TARA Buddhism/Hinduism: goddess
MADDERAKKA Sámi: spirits
THE MOIRAI Greek: incarnations of destiny
BRIGID Celtic: goddess and saint
ERZULIE DANTOR AND ERZULIE FREDA Vodou: goddesses
BONA DEA Roman: goddess
AME-NO-UZUME Japanese: goddess
INANNA Mesopotamian: goddess
MA’AT Egyptian: goddess
LIEU HANH Vietnamese: goddess
MAMAN BRIGITTE Voudou: goddess
GLOSSARY
FURTHER READING
MYTHOLOGICAL WOMEN PLAYLIST
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1 WITCHES Wise women, soothsayers and healers
HECATE Greek: goddess
MORGAN LE FAY. British: enchantress and fairy
CIRCE Greek: goddess/witch
BABA YAGA Slavic: witch
CASSANDRA. Greek: prophet
THE PYTHIA. Greek: priestess/witch
BERCHTA. Southern German/Austrian: goddess
WHITE BUFFALO CALF WOMAN Indigenous American/Lakotan: spirit
RHIANNON Celtic: goddess/fairy
CHAPTER 2 WARRIORS Fighters, strategists and bringers of justice
ARTEMIS Greek: goddess
ANATH Northwest Semitic: goddess
DIVOKA SARKA Bohemian: warrior
FREYJA Norse: goddess
THE FURIES Roman/Greek: goddesses
CIHUATETEO Meso-American: spirits
KALT Hindu: goddess
YENNENGA Mossi, African: princess
JEZEBEL Hebrew/Christian: queen
CHAPTER 3 BRINGERS OF MISFORTUNE Destructors, havoc-wreakers, harbingers of
doom
HEL Norse: goddess
MORR.GAN Celtic: goddess
THE VALKYRIES Norse: spirits
PONTIANAK Malay: ghost
BAOBHAN SITH Scottish: vampire
LILITH Jewish: demon
LOVIATAR Finnish: goddess
HARPIES Greek: monsters
MEDUSA Greek/Roman: monster
LA LLORONA Mexican: spirit
BANSHEE Celtic: spirit, fairy
FUTAKUCHI-ONNA Japanese: supernatural beast
CHAPTER 4 ELEMENTAL SPIRITS Lightning bolt-throwers, commanders of fire and
ice, creators of the planet
TIAMAT Babylonian: goddess
MAMI WATA African/American: goddess
PELE Hawaiian: goddess
SELKIES Scottish: creatures
MARI Basque: goddess
THE LADY OF LLYN Y FAN FACH Welsh: fairy
THE RAINBOW SERPENT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, Australia:
gender-fluid goddess/god
MAZU Mazuism/Buddhism/Taoism/Confucianism: goddess
EGLĖ THE QUEEN OF SERPENTS Lithuanian: woman
CHAPTER 5 MUNIFICENT SPIRITS Bountiful deities, generous spirits, domestic
goddesses
TARA Buddhism/Hinduism: goddess
MADDERAKKA Sámi: spirits
THE MOIRAI Greek: incarnations of destiny
BRIGID Celtic: goddess and saint
ERZULIE DANTOR AND ERZULIE FREDA Vodou: goddesses
BONA DEA Roman: goddess
AME-NO-UZUME Japanese: goddess
INANNA Mesopotamian: goddess
MA’AT Egyptian: goddess
LIEU HANH Vietnamese: goddess
MAMAN BRIGITTE Voudou: goddess
GLOSSARY
FURTHER READING
MYTHOLOGICAL WOMEN PLAYLIST
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY