Young were the years when Ymir made his settlement, there was no sand nor sea nor cool waves; earth was nowhere nor the sky above, chaos yawned, grass was there nowhere. The sun turns black, earth sinks into the sea, the bright stars vanish from the sky; steam rises up in the conflagration, a high flame plays against heaven itself. Seeress's ...
A feminist examination of world mythologies--a thorough survey of myth for and about women--with wide-ranging contributions grouped geographically and essays that evaluate mythic characters and compare cultures.
A Store of Common Sense is the first comparative study in English of Old Icelandic and Old English wisdom poetry. It examines problems of form, unity, and coherence, and how the genre responds to social change, both reflecting and shaping the thinking of the communities which originate it. Carolyne Larrington analyses the differences between the ...
This collection of essays introduces significant critical approaches to the mythological poetry of the Poetic Edda: a principal source for Old Norse cosmography and the legends of Odin, Loki and Thor. By applying theoretical approaches (feminist, structuralist and post-structuralist) to each of the major poems, this volume of essays seeks to yield ...
King Arthur: the very name summons visions of courtly chivalry and towering castles, of windswept battlefields and heroic quests, and above all of the charismatic monarch who dies but who one day shall return again. The Arthurian legend lives on as powerfully and enduringly as ever. Yet there is an aspect to this myth which has been neglected, but ...
Originally published as THE FEMINIST COMPANION TO MYTHOLOGY in 1992, the latest edition of this essential feminist resourcecomplete with a new Forewordunveils the feminine elements in mythologies around the world. The book is illustrated throughout and organized by culture, spanning the near East, Europe, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas. It even ...
The first international feminist guide to the myths, goddesses, gods, and heroines, this book outlines the mythological system of a particular culture, naming the major myths involving women and exploring the meanings of these stories from a feminist point of view.
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