Women & weasels : mythologies of birth in ancient Greece and Rome /

If you told a woman her sex had a shared, long-lived history with weasels, she might deck you. But those familiar with mythology know better: that the connection between women and weasels is an ancient and favorable one, based in the Greek myth of a midwife who tricked the gods to ease Heracles'...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bettini, Maurizio
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Italiano
Publicado: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2013.
Temas:
Alcmene (Greek mythology)
Childbirth > Mythology.
Weasels > Mythology.
Women > Mythology.
Alcmène (Mythologie grecque)
Naissance > Mythologie.
Belettes > Mythologie.
Femmes > Mythologie.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Spirituality > Paganism & Neo-Paganism.
RELIGION > Antiquities & Archaeology.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The story of Alcmene saved by the weasel
  • The story
  • La folia
  • The woman in labor
  • The enemy
  • The knots
  • The resolution
  • The rescuer
  • The first identity of the rescuer
  • Dissonance?: Pliny and birth through the mouth
  • Animal metaphors and women's roles
  • The forest of symbols is full of animals
  • The weasel-rescuer is a complicated character
  • Wilde Frau, savage midwife
  • Godmother weasel
  • An encyclopedia without footnotes
  • Conclusion: Alcmene's thoughts.

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