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The tale of the Nisan shamaness (Manchu)
Ocy-Bala (Altai)
Hi'iakaikapoliopele (Hawaii)
Queen Bertha (France)
Manasa (Bengal)
Chandravati's Ramayana (Bengal)
Umesiben Mama (Manchu)
Repunnot-un-Kur (Ainu)
Nne Mgbaafo (Igbo)
Ashima (Yi)
Juliana (Anglo-Saxon)
Sirin Mama (Sibe)
Note: this list doesn't include the stories I could not find a translation for (see earlier toots for that list)
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As it happens I just finished reading the Bengali epic of Manasa, the Snake Goddess. She is an accidental daughter of Shiva. She spends the entire epic trying to gain recognition among the gods, and then among mortals.
She is supported all the way by her sister Neta, who is the perfect balance of intelligence and calculation to Manasa's flares of fury and power. They made a great duo 🐍
#sister #women #mythology #epics #folklore #WomensEpics
A king pissess off the goddess by destroying her altar, so she sends an army of snakes against him. Surrounded by serpents he flees into a haystack to hide - and comes face to face with a chameleon.
The chameleon just shakes its head, and the king breaks down crying. That was the last straw.
Such a fun moment. 🐍🐍🐍🦎
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- Catakantaravanan: a Tamil epic that elaborates on the Ramayana, but in this story, it is Sita who fights a demon king
- Matabagka Seeks the Deity of the Wind: epic from the Philippines about a girl's heroic journey (this one has an English translation, but only in a thesis manuscript in the UP library)
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#reading #bookstodon #epics #folklore #WomensEpics
And I am now thinking this could be a great title for... something?
What would you use this phrase for?
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Who do we talk to about getting a fuller translation?...
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#WomensEpics I have read so far:
Shirin Mama (Sibe people) - warrior girl defeats bandits and rescues orphaned children, becoming a goddess
Chandravati's Ramayana (Bengal) - 16th century retelling from Sita's perspective
Ochi-Bala (Altai people) - warrior maiden fights an evil sorcerer to protect her people
I'm currently reading The Tale of Princess Fatima - an Arabic epic about a warrior woman
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People just keep inventing the same things over and over 😄
#storytelling #poetry #epics #musicals
Hell yeah, buff lady :D
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E.g. cooking a sparrow is a few minutes, cooking a rabbit is half an hour, cooking a sheep is one hour, etc.
(Honestly, genius)
Now I am wondering what the modern equivalent of this time keeping system would be... 😄 "Alright, I'll see you in two quesadillas and a pop tart!"
#folklore #FolktaleMoment #epics #worldbulding
First up: The story of Shirin Mama, from the Xibo people (Northeast China). An epic about a girl who rescues children from bandits, and becomes a goddess in the end.
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I just decided that I'll do another reading challenge - reading 26 epics about women.
And yes, I already have a list. 26 traditional epics with female protagonists from around the world.
Hopefully a year will be enough to read all of them 😄
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