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The girl who called a glacier
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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Lady Mary (from Mr. Fox)
English folk tale
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
In both Iroquois and Wyandot traditions, Flying Heads are ravenous spirits cursed with an insatiable hunger.
Dagwanoenyent
Iroquois daughter of the Wind who often took the form of a whirlwind
Mooninguggahgul
Aboriginal Australian story
Zelinda
Italian folk tale
Snow White and Rose Red
German fairy tale