Subtitle:
Classic tales of women and the heroic feminine
Place of Publication:
New York, New York
Publisher:
G.P. Putnam's Son
Copyright Date:
1996
ISBN / SBN / ISSN:
0874778182
Media Type:
Print (Non-Serial)
Media Sub-type:
Book
LoC Call Number:
PN 3437 .C48 1996
Accession Number:
001734
Keyword Subject Headings:
Fairy Tales, history and criticism
Fairy Tales, psychological
Femininity, psychology
Women, folklore
Fairy Tales, psychological
Femininity, psychology
Women, folklore
User Notes:
Hardback, 280 pp. including notes, bibliography and index.
Contents:
Foreword / June Singer
Prologue
Part I: Power
1. "The Queen and the Murderer": Oppression and Self-Liberation (Italy)
2. "The Warrior Wife": Reclaiming Power (Tiwa Pueblo)
3. "Maria Morevna": The Limits of Power (Russia)
Part II: Wisdom
4. "The Three Little Eggs": The Power of Intuition (Africa)
5. "The Wise Wife": Cleverness and Courage (Iraq)
Part III: Nature
6. "The Handless Woman": Healing and Wilderness (Japan)
7. "The Woman from the Egg": Resurrection and Nature (Germany)
Part IV: Sisterhood
8. "The Two Sisters": Sisters and Liberation (Africa)
9. "Emme": Rescuing the True Self (Africa)
10. "The Mother and the Demon": Sisters of Nature (Japan)
Part V: Journey to a new world
11. "The Siren Wife": Return from the Sisters (Italy)
12. "Princess Marya and the Burbot": Rescuing the Prince (Siberia)
Epilogue
