Post by Whisker on Jul 29, 2012 8:11:29 GMT -1
Ever wonder who made up the stories found in ancient mythology? Taking a look at how women are depicted, may lead us to believe they were made up by men - or were they? Women were glorified or made into demons. We have sad mermaids appealing to mens' emotional side. The Banshee, who cries for the dead. We have Venus, goddess of Love.
More often than not, women were depicted as dangerous seductresses, luring men away to another country or even to their death. The mermaid lures the man to his death at the bottom of the sea through her plaintive songs. Showing men's fear of sex - or at lest his feminine side (emotions). Niamh of the Golden Hair (Irish) lures Oisin across the ocean on a magic horse. He doesn't get to return home for three hundred years!
More often than not, women were depicted as dangerous seductresses, luring men away to another country or even to their death. The mermaid lures the man to his death at the bottom of the sea through her plaintive songs. Showing men's fear of sex - or at lest his feminine side (emotions). Niamh of the Golden Hair (Irish) lures Oisin across the ocean on a magic horse. He doesn't get to return home for three hundred years!
