Women Who Fly: Goddesses, Witches, Mystics, and other Airborne Females by Serinity Young
English | February 1st, 2018 | ISBN: 0195307887, 9780195307887 | 377 pages | True PDF | 48.23 MB
From the beautiful apsaras of Hindu myth to the swan maidens of European fairy tales, stories of flying women-some carried by wings, others by clouds, rainbows, floating scarves, and flying horses-reveal the perennial fascination with and ambivalence about female power and sexuality. In Women Who Fly, Serinity Young 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.