Women who fly : goddesses, witches, mystics, and other airborne females / Serinity Young.
2017
N7630
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Title
Women who fly : goddesses, witches, mystics, and other airborne females / Serinity Young.
Author
Young, Serinity, author.
ISBN
9780190659714 (electronic book)
Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : illustrations.
Call Number
N7630
Dewey Decimal Classification
704.9424
Summary
Flying women are a common motif in the world's myths and religions. Not necessarily winged, these women elicit reactions of fear, fascination, and ambivalence, and in so doing reveal much about the perceptions of female power and sexuality through the ages. This work systematically chronicles the figure of the flying woman in myth, literature, and art.
Note
Flying women are a common motif in the world's myths and religions. Not necessarily winged, these women elicit reactions of fear, fascination, and ambivalence, and in so doing reveal much about the perceptions of female power and sexuality through the ages. This work systematically chronicles the figure of the flying woman in myth, literature, and art.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 16, 2017).
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Print version: 9780195307887
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