On the Trail of the Women Warriors The s in Myth and History eBook Lyn Webster Wilde
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"Golden-shielded, silver-sworded, man-loving, male-child slaughtering s." That is how the fifth-century Greek historian Hellanicus described the s, and they have fascinated society ever since. Did they really exist? Until recently scholars consigned them to the world of myth, but Lyn Webster Wilde journeyed into the homeland of the s, and uncovered astonishing evidence of their historic reality.
North of the Black Sea she found archaeological excavations of graves of Iron Age women buried with arrows, swords, and armor. In the hidden world of the Hittites, near the s' ancient capital of Themiscyra in Anatolia, she unearthed traces of powerful priestesses, women-only religious cults and an armed bisexual goddess - all possible sources for the ferocious warrior women.
Combining scholarly penetration with a sense of adventure, Webster Wilde has explored a largely unknown field and produced a coherent and absorbing book in On the Trail of the Women Warriors The s in Myth and History, which challenges our preconceived notions of what men and women can do.
On the Trail of the Women Warriors The s in Myth and History eBook Lyn Webster Wilde
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On the Trail of the Women Warriors The s in Myth and History eBook Lyn Webster Wilde Reviews
I need to give a response to Laurel MD who accuses me of gender-stereotyping in my book - she is in fact mis-reading me. There should be a clear distinction in the book between the symbolic qualities assigned women (whether we like them or not) and the actual qualities of actual women. Of course I don't believe that women are less 'reasonable' than men, or that men have no connection with instinct. But, in the world of classical Greece (and maybe still in many places now) women were seen as dangerous carriers of all that is to to with untrammelled instinct. Which is why the s had always to be seen to be beaten! Laurel MD has read the book in the one-dimensional literal way, which I feel is her fault not the book's, and I would be so sorry if people were put off reading it because they think I am some kind of simple-minded gender-reactionary! Political correctness is the bugbear of intelligent thinking - the book is much much more subtle than this lady has recognised.
Based on her comments in the Introduction and concluding paragraphs of this book, I am quite sure that Wilde would not consider herself a feminist. While I do not consider myself a feminist, I definitely bristled at her clear statements on how men and Christianity taking over female-centered societies have advanced civilization. Says who? She must live in a Eutopian bubble not to see the inequality around her. Unfortunately, we will never know otherwise.
With that said, I did appreciate the book. Wilde takes us with her to various Near and Middle Eastern countries to search for the s. There is also some great information on Goddess-centered and therefore female-centered societies. The book is clearly written and is not sentimental. Wilde does not bash males or push to give females more of a place of power than she can prove.
What does ruin it for me are the comments about how Christianity and men have advanced civilization and made the world a better place. I consider myself her target audience and wish that even if she does feel this, she kept it to herself because it sticks in my mind much more than all of the research and travel she embarked on to bring the s to life.
This is a historical book but don't let that fact scare you from reading about this fascinating subject that looks closely at "Warrior Women" through the ages with an emphasis on the myth (or not a myth?) of the Women. Did they exist as a people or were they representative of different women scattered across the globe throughout the centuries? Lyn Webster Wilde tries to answer this and her book is both colourful and informative, piquing the reader's interest as she talks us through a little known history, that of the "Warrior Woman." It would be a shame if this book did not come out in paperback as it would then be available to everyone, rather than scholars and people with an interest in women's history.
I've read alot of books about the s and this is definately a first. It is definately the most realistic approach to the subject and I applaud the author's goals - finding the evidence of what could be the original inspiration for the stories of the s. The book does not, like others, write off s as a fantasy from the beginning and use them only to espouse various feminist ideas. It also doesn't have a stubborn faith that the s existed EXACTLY as told in myth and stretch little amounts of evidence to the breaking point trying to "prove" their existence. And even though it does eventually HAVE to leave the subject of the mythical Greek s and dig further and further back in time in many different cultures it is far from an "encyclopedia" of EVERY single woman in HISTORY that has ever been assertive.
Because it was so realistic, though, it does come off very dry and researchy.
I really don't know what to say about this book. It wasn't one of my favorites on the subject although it probably is the most useful and informative. If you have a big interest in the subject of s and ancient history and archaeology then you'll appreciate this (maybe not like, but appreciate). But if you are looking for something that really invokes the fantasy and passion and obsession with the s and what they have come to stand for then you definately have to look elsewhere.
Fantastic book!! Worth reading. Very historical and the research story by the author was very informative.
Wilde takes the reader along with her on a journey into the origins of the legend. It is an interesting compilation of the history of "female power". She does a good job of bringing together information from many sources and presenting them in an order that makes sense.
I don't know how many years I've waited to read a book like this one - that doesn't automatically dismiss s as some psychological hang-up of the Greeks, but seriously searches for the roots of these legends and finds connections to real 's' at long last. I had been hearing about archaeological digs for a little while, so it was great to read the author's account of her visits to those sites. Give this book to teenage girls. They need to be reminded that there are other options than the limiting, stereotypical female roles that our culture imposes on us.
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