Temptresses
The Virago Book of Evil Women
Published on 19. September 2013
224 pages
978-0-349-00426-6 (ISBN)
Description
Evil Women. Every culture has them. Religions have banned and branded them. Men find them terrifying and fascinating. Women secretly admire them. An eye cast over the impressive if frightening array of characters reveals baby-thief Lamia, a fertile deity from Greek mythology with a serpent's tail who seduced mortals and bred beautiful monster-children; Morgan le Fay, fairy sister to King Arthur, who according to Celtic legend tried to wrest the throne from him using her black magic powers; Medea who wreaked terrible revenge on Jason when he left her for a younger woman; Lilith, Eve, the Queen of Sheba, Delilah, Jezebel, Kali - all wicked women whose names have been with us for centuries as demons and sirens and troublemakers.
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Edition
Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Little, Brown Book Group
Edition type
Digital original
File size
0,24 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-349-00426-6 (9780349004266)
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02/2000
Virago Press Ltd
€38.56
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Persons
Shahrukh Husain is a folklore and fairy-tale expert.
