Spiders & spinsters : women and mythology

by Marta Weigle

Book, 1982

Status

Available

Call number

ML

Tags

Mythology and Legends

Call number

ML

Publication

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, c1982.

Physical description

xii, 340 p.; 26 cm

Local notes

Analyzes the treatment of women as heroines, goddesses, spiders, amazons, and figures of wisdom in the folklore and mythology of the Americas

Subjects

Women America
Women America Folklore
Women Folklore
Women Mythology

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