Fairy Tale Women: Baba Yaga, the Snow Queen, and Other Characters from Folklore of Different Countries

Have you ever thought about the fates of female characters in various fairy tales, myths, and stories that were told to us in childhood? Surely not as much as the folklorist-anthropologist Sharon Blackie has. With exquisite poetic language, the author... invites us to rethink the role of women in the well-known classic plots and to question why men are always placed at the forefront while women are pushed to the background and portrayed either as an addition to their husbands or as villains.
 
What if Gerda eventually realizes the mistake she made and joins the Snow Queen? And what if Baba Yaga organizes an unusual retreat that changes lives fundamentally? How might the lives of women from myths have unfolded if they had started to listen to themselves more? Discover the mysterious world of Sharon Blackie, immerse yourself in the mystical atmosphere of primal energy, and delve into the very essence of human nature with «Fairy Tale Women»!