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Women Who Fly
- Goddesses, Witches, Mystics, and Other Airborne Females
- Narrated by: Tanya Eby
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
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Summary
From the beautiful apsaras of Hindu myth to the swan maidens of European fairy tales, stories of flying women - some carried by wings, others by clouds, rainbows, floating scarves, and flying horses - reveal the perennial fascination with and ambivalence about female power and sexuality. In Women Who Fly, Serinity Young examines the motif of the flying woman as it appears in a wide variety of cultures and historical periods, in legends, myths, rituals, sacred narratives, and artistic productions. She considers supernatural women like the Valkyries of Norse legend, who transport men to immortality; winged deities like the Greek goddesses Iris and Nike; figures of terror like the Furies, witches, and succubi; airborne Christian mystics; and wayward, dangerous women like Lilith and Morgan le Fay. Looking beyond the supernatural, Young examines the modern mythology surrounding 20th-century female aviators like Amelia Earhart and Hanna Reitsch.
The first book to systematically chronicle the figure of the flying woman in myth, literature, art, and pop culture, Women Who Fly offers a fresh look at the ways in which women have both influenced and been understood by society and religious traditions throughout the ages and around the world.
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- Eva
- 30-09-20
Amazing Research
I loved the book, but I struggle with the speed of the narrator, far too fast... I was able only to hear the book on my phone app since I could control the speed as needed, while on my laptop the app didn't allow me to set the speed myself but just offered me a set range of speeds.
However the listening fiddlings I enjoyed the book very much. I found the research done was exquisite!
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