Calafia
Spain The following is republished from the Library of Congress. This piece falls under under public domain, as copyright does not apply to “any work of the U.S. Government” where […]
Category Archives: Myths and Folktales
Women have been depicted as goddesses, creatures, biblical figures, legends and folk tale heroines throughout history – many based in a grain of truth.
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Kaasteen
The girl who called a glacier
Lady Mary (from Mr. Fox)
England The following is excerpted from English Fairy Tales, by Flora Annie Steel, published 1918 by Macmillan And Co., Limited, London. LADY MARY was young, and Lady Mary was fair. […]
Macha
Celtic goddess
Procne and Philomela
Sister princesses of Greek myth
Deirdre
Tragic protagonist of the early medieval Ulster cycle
The woman who tricked the Flying Head
United States In both Iroquois and Wyandot traditions, Flying Heads are ravenous spirits cursed with an insatiable hunger. The physical appearance varies depending on the storyteller, but commonly resembles a […]
Dagwanoenyent
Iroquois daughter of the Wind who often took the form of a whirlwind
Mooninguggahgul
Australia An old man lived with his two wives, the Mooninguggahgul sisters, and his two sons. The old man spent all his time making boomerangs, until at last he had […]
Zelinda
Italy There was once a poor man who had three daughters; and as the youngest was the fairest and most civil, and had the best disposition, her other two sisters […]