| Record Number |
829149 |
| ISBN |
9780500651919 (hardback) |
| Author |
Gresham, Xanthe author. |
| Title |
Goddesses and heroines : women of myth and legend / Xanthe Gresham-Knight ; [illustrated by] Alice Pattullo. |
| Publisher/Date |
London : Thames & Hudson, 2020. |
| ©2020 |
| Pagination etc. |
127 pages : colour illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents note |
Aphrodite, Greece : the girl who danced up the world -- Isis, Egypt : whose tears flooded the Nile -- Hekate, Greece : the maths whiz who put Zeus into a spin -- Inanna, Iraq : the daughter who ruled the world -- Mulan, China : the mighty warrior -- Baba Yaga, Russia : the not-so-fairy godmother -- Parvati, India : the mother of many names -- Mayahuel, Mexico : the sleepyhead with infinite energy -- Nangsa, Tibet : the teen who was forced to marry -- Osun, Nigeria : the missing piece -- Amaterasu, Japan : the sister no one can live without -- Simorgh, Iran : the bird who renewed the earth -- Brigit, UK and Ireland : the shape-shifting ancestor. |
| Summary Note |
Told afresh for a contemporary readership, Goddesses & Heroines brings alive stories from a variety of cultures with palpable energy. We meet the youthful Aphrodite; Hecate, the maths whizz; the heroic Mulan; Oshun, the Nigerian goddess whose foresight sparked a rebellion that freed slaves; and the not-so-fair-y godmother Baba Yaga, whose bone-crunching approach to life will be an inspiration to any power-hungry young thing. A section on the symbols commonly associated with each goddess provides context for each story and familiarizes readers with the symbols to spot her by. The endmatter includes information on how goddesses and heroines achieved their mythic status, how myths are passed on and evolve, and a map of goddesses from around the globe and how they are inter-connected. |
| Target audience note |
For ages 9- 12. |
| Subject |
Goddesses -- Juvenile literature |
| Women -- Mythology -- Juvenile literature |
| Added Author |
Pattullo, Alice illustrator. |
| Shelf Location |
J 202.114 GRES |
