Friday, March 4, 2011

Eternally Bad:Goddesses with Attitude

Remember a few days ago I posted an article that talked a bit about remembering the dark aspect of the goddess? Well today I was wondering through the Yellow Springs Library and I saw this book. Eternally Bad: Goddesses with Attitude By Trina Robbins. Honestly it's a little kitchy, but also a great deal of fun to read. It tells the stories most people gloss over, like how Innana stole all her powers from her grandfather, how Isis poisoned Ra to gain that stature of a goddess, how Freja slept with seven dwarves (a precursor to the lily white Snow White tale) in order to obtain a diamond necklace. Just a really great book about the bad ass in every good girl and the fiery tempered diva in every sacred and righteous goddess.

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