TY - GEN N2 - 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. AB - 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. T1 - Women who fly :goddesses, witches, mystics, and other airborne females / AU - Young, Serinity, CN - Oxford Scholarship Online CN - N7630 ID - 808690 KW - Goddesses. KW - Witches. KW - Women mystics. KW - Folklore. KW - Women in art. KW - Women in literature. SN - 9780190659714 TI - Women who fly :goddesses, witches, mystics, and other airborne females / LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195307887.001.0001 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195307887.001.0001 ER -