Spiders & spinsters : women and mythology

Summary: Spiders & Spinsters weaves a tapestry of voices and images--folk, popular, tribal, ancient and contemporary, by women and men, scholars and critics, psychologists and artists--to show how women have fared in classical Greco-Roman, Judeo-Christian, and indigenous American mythologies. It is a rich sourcebook of goddesses, guides, maidens, crones, heroines, matriarchs, gossips, and those who have portrayed and interpreted them. Hailed as 'wonderful, as well as useful' (Baltimore Sun) and 'a welcome addition to the field of mythology' (Choice), Spiders & Spinsters is a valuable resource for students and scholars in mythology, anthropology, literature, art, psychology, religion, and women studies. It also speaks to creative artists of all kinds and to general readers with interests in story, ritual, dreams and gender.

Record details

ISBN: 0826306438
ISBN: 9780826306432
ISBN: 0826306446
ISBN: 9780826306449
Physical Description: print
xii, 340 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, ©1982.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-324) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Spiders & spinsters: myth and symbol -- Goddesses: myth as Rorschach -- Guides: myth and mystery -- Moon, menstruation, menopause: myth and ritual -- Heroines: myth as model -- Origins and matriarchy: myth as charter -- Appreciating the mundane: women and mythology.