Kate Hodges tells wonderful histories and tales from feminist fairies to bloodsucking temptresses, half-human harpies and protective Voodoo goddesses. These are rebels, heroines and provocateurs with powerful stories to tell that are relevant now.
Kate Hodges tells wonderful histories and tales from feminist fairies to bloodsucking temptresses, half-human harpies and protective Voodoo goddesses. These are rebels, heroines and provocateurs with powerful stories to tell that are relevant now. For example, Kate explains bewitching, banished Circe, an introvert famed and feared for her transfigurative powers. The righteous Furies, defiantly unrepentant about their dedication toinjustice. And the fateful Morai sisters who spin a complex web of birth, life and death. This is a positive, informative book, to re-tell the truth of long forgotten or mis-represented heroines of myth and legend