Woman's Lore
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Shortlisted for the HWA Non-Fiction Crown Award 2023The history of
a demonic tradition that was stolen from women - and then won back
again.'Remarkable work... Extraordinary, meticulous detail'
Literary Review'Deftly fuses scholarly rigour, control of literary
and archaeological sources' BBC History MagazineCreatures like
Lilith, the seductive first wife of Adam, and mermaids, who lured
sailors to their death, are familiar figures in the genre of
monstrous temptresses who use their charms to entice men to their
doom.But if we go back 4,000 years, the roots of these demons lie
in horrific creatures like Lamashtu, a lion-headed Mesopotamian
demon who strangled infants and murdered pregnant women, and Gello,
a virgin ghost of ancient Greece who killed expectant mothers and
babies out of jealousy. Far from enticing men into danger and
destruction, these monsters were part of women's ritual practices
surrounding childbirth and pregnancy. So how did their mythology
evolve into one focused on the seduction of men?Sarah Clegg takes
us on an absorbing and witty journey from ancient Mesopotamia to
the present day, encountering a multitude of serpentine succubi, a
child-eating wolf-monster of ancient Greece, the Queen of Sheba and
a host of vampires. Clegg shows how these demons were appropriated
by male-centred societies, before they were eventually recast as
symbols of women's liberation, offering new insights into attitudes
towards womanhood, sexuality and women's rights.
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Apollo ,
Sarah Clegg
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Apollo,
Sarah Clegg
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