This stunning collection of myths is for adults, and brings together over fifty goddess myths from across the globe: familiar, unknown, forgotten - spectacular!
Pioneering storyteller Sally Pomme Clayton revitalises powerful goddesses, creating new perspectives and contemporary literature from fragments of myth. Seventy original papercuts by Sophie Herxheimer juxtapose the ordinary and fabulous. Journey from Alaska to Mesopotamia, ancient Rome to Tibet, and follow the goddess from creator to crone.
The Mighty Goddess reimagines ancient myths in poetic language, putting the goddess at the centre of the narrative, exploring the many ways in which goddesses are represented. Words and images delight and subvert, revelling in the female, exploring creativity, desire, destruction and death. This contemporary collection brings goddesses to life in all their glory.
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An important contemporary collection of goddess mythologies and the only one brought to life by a professional storyteller
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Journey of the Goddess
Creator
Maiden of the Air, Mother of the Water Finland
Grandmother Spider Hopi, Southwestern United States of America
Sun Woman Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, Northern
Territory, Australia
Nut, Sky Goddess Egypt
Garden Goddess Dinka, Sudan
Sedna, Goddess of the Sea Inuit, Arctic
Saule Shining One Lithuania/Latvia
Primal Mother of the Deep Mesopotamia
Saraswati, Creator of Creation India
Virgin
Vesta Virgin Flame Roman
Arianrhod Wales
Changing Woman Navajo, Southwestern United States of America
Being Bears for Artemis Greece
Fair Maid of February Ireland
Idunns Apples Scandinavia
Morning Star, Evening Star Lithuania/Latvia
Goddess of the Hunt Roman
Maiden, Mother of All Christian
Warrior
Battle of Day and Night Sumeria
Pele, Volcano Goddess Hawaii
Mistress of Magic, Speaker of Spells Egypt
Anahita Iran
Durga Demon-Slayer India
Pallas Athena Greece
Amaterasu Sun Goddess Japan
Sekhmet Lioness Egypt
Lilith, Goddess of Night Hebrew
Lover
Aphrodite, Foam Born Greece
Sisters in Love and Death Mesopotamia
The Net of Venus Roman
Freyja, Goddess of Sex Scandinavia
Change, Lady of the Moon China
Aphrodite and Anchises Greece
Isis and Osiris Egypt
Erzulie Freda Vodou, Haiti
Venus and Adonis Roman
Mother
Pachamama Inca, Andes
Cybele, Magna Mater Roman
Oshun, Sweet Water Yoruba, Nigeria
Green Tara Tibet
Demeter and Persephone Greece
Queen Mother of the West China
The Seven Scorpions of Isis Egypt
Lakshmi, Mother of Prosperity India
Crone
Asase Yaa, Old Woman Earth Ashanti, Ghana
Baba Marta Bulgaria
Great Lady of the Night Mori, New Zealand
Fortuna Roman
Cihuacóatl, Snake Woman Aztec, Mexico
Cailleach Ireland
Elli, Old Age Scandinavia
Hekate, Goddess of the Three Ways Greece
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Thanks
Sally Pomme Clayton is a pioneering storyteller and writer who has been creating performances, books and plays for more than 40 years, and has played a pivotal role in the storytelling revival. Her groundbreaking shows focus on powerful female protagonists, such as 'The Frog Princess Punked', a hybrid performance with girl punk band and live projection. She is author of 15 children's books and this is her first book for adults. www.sallypommeclayton.com Sophie Herxheimer is a poet and artist. Her collection Velkom to Inklandt (Short Books, 2017) was an Observer Poetry Book of the Month and a Sunday Times Book of the Year. Her book 60 Lovers to Make and Do (Henningham Family Press, 2019), was a TLS Book of the Year. She has held many residencies, and teaches at The Royal Drawing School and The Poetry School. She has illustrated six collections of fairy tale and mythology, the majority in collaboration with Sally Pomme Clayton.
