The Mythic Feminine, Part 10: Gender-Bender: Stephen Ezard (The Last Enemy, BBC)

Benedict Cumberbatch, The Last Enemy, 2008                                                                                                       […]

The Mythic Feminine, Part 9: Modern Heroine: Arya Stark (A Song of Ice and Fire series by GRR Martin)

Maisie Williams as Arya Stark and Miltos Yerolemou as Syrio Forel, Game of Thrones, 2011- present Arya Stark, daughter of Eddard Stark, Lord of Winterfell, is one of the many heroines to be found throughout the world of A Song of Ice and Fire and her story is still unfolding. Arya comes from a noble […]

The Mythic Feminine, Part 7: Tragic Heroine: Rhiannon (Welsh Celtic)

Tragic heroines are a little different from their male counterparts. Typically, the tragic heroine does not suffer her fate due to her own fatal flaws. It is far more common that their downfall comes at the hands of the men in their lives, either by the men’s fatal flaws or by their treachery. Sometimes, however, […]

The Mythic Feminine, Part 6: Descent of the Goddess: Inanna (Sumerian Myth)

Long ago, when the world was young, the god Enki planted a huluppu tree along the banks of the Great River Euphrates in the time before he set out for the Underworld. The tree was nurtured by the Great River, till a great storm came from the South and ripped the tree free from the […]

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