Fearless Girls, Wise Women, and Beloved Sisters

Heroines in Folktales from Around the World

Author: Kathleen Ragan
ISBN: 9780393045987

A definitive sourcebook of folktales and fairytales and the first of its kind to feature a variety of multicultural heroines. Dismayed by the predominance of male protagonists in her daughters' books, Kathleen Ragan set out to collect the stories of our forgotten heroines: courageous mothers, clever young girls, and warrior women who save villages from monsters, rule wisely over kingdoms, and outwit judges, kings, and tigers. Gathered from around the world, from regions as diverse as sub-Saharan Africa and Western Europe, from North and South American Indian cultures and New World settlers, from Asia and the Middle East, these 100 folktales celebrate strong female heroines. In "The Mirror of Matsuyama," we see the power of a mother's love overcome even the silence imposed by death. In "Moremi and the Egunguns," a fearless girl faces messengers from the land of the dead. Fearless Girls, Wise Women, and Beloved Sisters is for all women who are searching to define who they are, to redefin

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publish Date: 1998

Subjects: Fiction / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Social Science / Folklore & Mythology, Social Science / Women's Studies

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