Women who fly
Subtitle: goddesses, witches, mystics, and other airborne females
By: Serenity Young
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 358
ISBN-13: 9780195307887
Subjects: Wiccans; Goddesses; Women mystics; Supernatural; Women
Description: "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. ... Throughout, Young demonstrates that female power has always been inextricably linked with female sexuality and that the desire to control it is a pervasive theme in these stories."--Jacket flap.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-345) and index.
Table of contents: title: Earth, sky, women, and immortality; title: Winged goddesses of sexuality, death, and immortality; title: The fall of the Valkyries; title: Swan maidens: captivity and sexuality; title: Angels and fairies: male flight and contrary females; title: Apsarās: enabling male immortality, part 1; title: Yoginīs and dākinīs: enabling male immortality, part 2; title: Witches and succubi: male sexual fantasies; title: Women shamans: fluctuations in female spiritual power; title: Flying mystics, or the exceptional woman, part I; title: Flying mystics, or the exceptional woman, part II; title: The aviatrix: nationalism, women, and heroism.