A summary for January 2022's theme - Women in Mythology!
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The Epic of Kundalakesi
Kundalakesi is one of the five great Tamil epics of the Sangam Age. Only 19 of its original 99 verses survive today; an additional five have surfaced, but it has not been conclusively proven that they belong to Kundalakesi.
Mythology Reading Recs
Reading recommendations for January 2022 - Women in Mythology
Book Review – Ariadne by Jennifer Saint
Jennifer Saint's retelling of the myth of Ariadne is powerful and lyrical - well worth picking up.
Women in Mythology: Nüwa (女媧)
Every religion and mythology has a creation myth. The Ancient Greeks believed in Chaos and Gaea, who gave birth to the first beings. In the Christian Bible, God spends six days forming animals, plants, and people. In Ancient China, there was Nüwa.
Women in Mythology: The Morrígan
Sometimes a triple goddess, sometimes an individual entity, the Morrígan is a feared figure from Irish mythology. As a goddess of war, her stories are centred around the battlefield, an unusual place for a woman in Celtic myth.
M is for… Medusa
The monstrous woman is a common figure in Greek mythology, and Medusa is arguably the most well-known of them. But who is the woman behind the myth, and is she truly the monster of her story?