Woman as birth-and-death-giver in folk tradition: a cross-cultural perspective.

Presents a feminist reading of women as bringers of birth and death in folk tales. Inclusion of Medea's role as a killer witch-maiden and the threatening mother in Greek mythology; Modulation of the man-woman as killer of her lover in the English ballad 'Rose the Red and White Lilly'; Amazonian myt...

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Publicado en:Women's Studies Vol. 12; no. 3; pp. 213 - 240
Autor principal: Sautman, Francesca
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Mar1986
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