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...
| Published in: | Women's Studies Vol. 12; no. 3; pp. 213 - 240 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Mar1986
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| Summary: | 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 myth suggesting that violence may be specifically directed at the violation of taboos on menstruation. |
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