Goddesses and heroines : women of myth and legend

Gresham, Xanthe, author.

Book

New York, NY : Thames & Hudson, 2020.

©2020

127 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm

Illustrated stories from around the world that celebrate female characters in ancient myths and legends.

Goddesses and Heroines tells the tales of inspirational female characters from ancient myth and legend which all too often go untold. Performance storyteller Xanthe Gresham-Knight draws on original texts and lends renewed relevance to stories from cultures around the world. We meet the youthful Aphrodite, the girl who created the world through imagination and sheer willpower; Hecate, the math whiz whose political drama on Mount Olympus saw her topple the powers that be; the heroic Mulan, whose bravery, athleticism, and cross-dressing helped her bypass gender barriers in ancient China; Osun, the Nigerian goddess who proved that unless we live as one, we will never truly be free; and the not-so-fair-y Russian godmother Baba Yaga, Goddesses and Heroines is a must-have for young readers who love myth and storytelling.

9-12 years old.

Women -- Mythology -- Juvenile literature.

Goddesses -- Juvenile literature.

Mythology, Greek -- Juvenile literature.

Mythology, Egyptian -- Juvenile literature.

Mythology -- Juvenile literature.

Illustrated works.

Informational works.

Pattullo, Alice, illustrator.

Women of myth and legend

Aphrodite, Greece: the girl who created the world -- Isis, Egypt: the emo who flooded the Nile -- Hecate, Greece: the whizz who put Zeus into a spin -- Inanna, Iraq: the daughter who ruled the world -- Mulan, China: the cross-dressing warrior -- Baba Yaga, Russia: the not so-fair-y godmother -- Parvati, India: the mother of many names -- Mayaheul, Mexico: the sleepyhead with infinite energy -- Nangsa, Tibet: the teen who was forced to marry -- Osun, Nigeria: the missing link -- Amaterasu, Japan: the sister no-one can live without -- Simorg, Iran: the bird who renewed the earth -- Bride, UK and Ireland: the shapeshifting ancestor.

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