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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Young, Serinity, author.     Subjects     Goddesses.     Wiccans.     Women mystics.     Women.     Supernatural.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Young, Serinity, author.       by title:      Women who fly : godd...         MARC Display

Women who fly : goddesses, witches, mystics, and other airborne females / Serinity Young. by Young, Serinity, author. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018] Subjects Goddesses.   Wiccans.   Women mystics.   Women.   Supernatural. ISBN:  9780195307887 (hardcover) : 0195307887 (hardcover) Description:  xiii, 358 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm Contents:  Earth, sky, women, and immortality -- Winged goddesses of sexuality, death, and immortality -- The fall of the Valkyries -- Swan maidens: captivity and sexuality -- Angels and fairies: male flight and contrary females -- Apsarās: enabling male immortality, part 1 -- Yoginīs and dākinīs: enabling male immortality, part 2 -- Witches and succubi: male sexual fantasies -- Women shamans: fluctuations in female spiritual power -- Flying mystics, or the exceptional woman, part I -- Flying mystics, or the exceptional woman, part II -- The aviatrix: nationalism, women, and heroism. Requests:  0 Summary:  "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.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status Due Date   Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 200.82 Yo Checked out 05/08/2024 Add Copy to MyList Kealakekua Public Library Adult Nonfiction 200.82 Yo Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Nanakuli Public Library Adult Nonfiction 200.82 Yo Checked In   Add Copy to MyList

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