Swan Bride

Author : Betina Lindsey
Publisher : Diversion Books
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781682301432

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Swan Bride by Betina Lindsey Pdf

Moira grew to womanhood in the realm of Myr, wise in the arts of women.. and utterly innocent of the ways of men. All of that changes tonight. Moira wondered, trembling. She passes through the circle of stones into the world of men. There, she meets Wulfsun, every mesmerizing inch a man, hard muscled and tawny maned. No Viking was more feared, until he captures a maiden as beautiful as moonlit shadows, and is enslaved for all time. He would have her willing or not at all, though his blood coursed hot with wanting. And though Moira wore a golden collar of thralldom, her desire for the mighty warrior was the greater bondage.

Author : Barbara Fass Leavy
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1995-07-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780814752685

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In Search of the Swan Maiden by Barbara Fass Leavy Pdf

In her compendious study, [of the folktale of the runaway wife] Leavy argues that the contradictory claims of nature and culture are embodied in the legendary figure of the swan maiden, a woman torn between the human and bestial worlds. --The New York Times Book Review This is a study of the meaning of gender as framed by the swan maiden tale, a story found in the folklore of virtually every culture. The swan maiden is a supernatural woman forced to marry, keep house, and bear children for a mortal man who holds the key to her imprisonment. When she manages to regain this key, she escapes to the otherworld, never to return. These tales have most often been interpreted as depicting exogamous marriages, describing the girl from another tribe trapped in a world where she will always be the outsider. Barbara Fass Leavy believes that, in the societies in which the tale and its variants endured, woman was the other--the outsider trapped in a society that could never be her own. Leavy shows how the tale, though rarely explicitly recognized, is frequently replayed in modern literature. Beautifully written, this book reveals the myriad ways in which the folktales of a society reflect its cultural values, and particularly how folktales are allegories of gender relations. It will interest anyone involved in literary, gender, and cultural studies.

Author : Betina Lindsey
Publisher : Diversion Books
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781682301456

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Swan Star by Betina Lindsey Pdf

The “lyrical” conclusion to the enthralling medieval trilogy from the author of Swan Bride and Swan Witch (Library Journal). During a moonlit swim, Arrah of Myr finds herself at the mercy of Traeth of Rhune. Headstrong and bold, Traeth quickly seizes the now helpless Arrah and carries her to Rhune Castle, in the world of men. There the handsome knight showers her with gifts and kisses, awakening a wild passion between mortal and swan maiden—the otherworld beauty he vows never to let go. But such a dire crime means a fearsome penalty, and Traeth cannot long escape the Swan Sisters’ wrath at Arrah’s abduction. They decree he must die if he fails at an extraordinary quest—to find what all women desire most. The journey will test him completely, but will he discover what he seeks in time to win Arrah’s heart?

Author : Ellen Rutten
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2010-03-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780810126565

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Unattainable Bride Russia by Ellen Rutten Pdf

Throughout the twentieth century and continuing today, personifications of Russia as a bride occur in a wide range of Russian texts and visual representations, from literature and political and philosophical treatises to cartoons and tattoos. Invariably, this metaphor functions in the context of a political gender allegory, which represents the relationships between Russia, the intelligentsia, and the Russian state, as a competition of two male suitors for the former’s love. In Unattainable Bride Russia, Ellen Rutten focuses on the metaphorical role the intelligentsia plays as Russia’s rejected or ineffectual suitor. Rutten finds that this metaphor, which she covers from its prehistory in folklore to present-day pop culture references to Vladimir Putin, is still powerful, but has generated scarce scholarly consideration. Unattainable Bride Russia locates the cultural thread and places the political metaphor in a broad contemporary and social context, thus paying it the attention to which it is entitled as one of Russia’s modern cultural myths.

Author : Becky Lee Weyrich
Publisher : Diversion Books
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2014-06-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781626813267

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Swan's Way by Becky Lee Weyrich Pdf

A time travel Civil War romance from the award-winning author: “Combining intriguing paranormal elements is Ms. Weyrich’s forte and this is no exception” (Romantic Times). The grand plantation of Swan’s Quarter still echoes with memories of another time. It is there that Ginna Jones meets Neal Frazier, a recovering plane crash survivor. Young and handsome, but disturbingly familiar, Ginna is instantly drawn to this mysterious man. When a walk in the garden sends the pair spiraling back through the veils of time, their fates become entwined with those of two young lovers separated by the Civil War. Plunged into another century, Ginna and Neal will discover destinies still waiting to be fulfilled, and a flame of passion that not even the passage of time can extinguish.

Author : Betina Lindsey
Publisher : Diversion Books
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781682301449

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Swan Witch by Betina Lindsey Pdf

An RWA Best Historical Fantasy Romance—second in the enchanting medieval trilogy from the author of Swan Bride. As the setting sun haloed her flame-colored hair, beautiful Eithne glowed with netherworld witchery, her gentle nature clouded by the black magic of the Druid father who held her mother imprisoned. Having vowed never to speak, she could not cry a warning to the handsome knight who, by entering the gates of Rath Morna, had sealed his fate. With his raven-black hair braided like that of a king, Bron mac Llyr has traveled the land searching for the famed Swan Sister who is blessed with the powers to heal his battle wounds. Instead he finds a place of dark enchantment, a trap of lies and illusions, and an exotic, ethereal woman so lovely he burns to possess her. Bron vows to unveil the sorrowful secret that burdens Eithne’s heart. Now she must chance exchanging her father’s evil reign for the greater hazards of desire and so discover that a man can give as well as take, could free as well as possess his beloved Swan Witch.

Author : Boria Sax
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0939923688

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The Serpent and the Swan by Boria Sax Pdf

The Serpent and the Swan is a history and analysis of animal bride tales from antiquity to the present. The animal bride tale, the author argues, is an enduring expression of humankind's need to remain close to and a part of nature. Boria Sax traces the idea of the animal bride through history by drawing upon legends and literary works from throughout the world. He pays particular attention to Eurasian sources which support his thesis that the animal bride theme originated among the serpent cults of Mesopotamia and southeastern Europe. Through time, the details of the animal bride theme changed as a result of mankind's changing perceptions of the natural world. In general, this study is an account of myths and beliefs that have surrounded animals--and women--during the rise of modern humankind. The Serpent and the Swan identifies and explains images of the animal bride that pervade, enliven, and enrich our culture. The bride becomes Eve taking an apple from the serpent, Medea casting spells, Cinderella riding to the royal ball in a pumpkin coach, and the Little Mermaid rising from the waves. The Author: Boria Sax, who holds a doctorate in German and intellectual history, is the author of The Frog King and The Parliament of Animals, among other books.

Author : George T. Candlin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Chinese fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015028589391

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Chinese Fiction by George T. Candlin Pdf

Author : Betina Lindsey
Publisher : Diversion Books
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781682301418

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Waltz with the Lady by Betina Lindsey Pdf

In this historical western romance by the author of Swan Bride, a Boston firebrand and a hard-riding scout discover a passion the defies the wild frontier. In the years after the Civil War, Miss India Simms leaves the comforts of Boston to preach women’s rights throughout the Wyoming Territory. The raw town of Cheyenne is a shock to the petite aristocrat and so is her guide, Gat Ransom. His rough-hewn appearance and quick, good-natured smile embodied the contradictions of the West. But his scarred, taut power set disturbing, unfamiliar feelings pounding through India’s veins. India and Ransom ride the sweeping plains and towering forests, sharing a deep need for freedom and a sensuous promise. Only when they cast off their stubborn pride would they know the bliss of pure surrender and the fiery love that burns between them.

Author : Paul Carus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1238 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Religion
ISBN : UFL:31262098802878

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The Open Court by Paul Carus Pdf

Author : Alexis Wright
Publisher : Constable
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781472120564

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The Swan Book by Alexis Wright Pdf

The Swan Book is set in the future, with Aboriginals still living under the Intervention in the north, in an environment fundamentally altered by climate change. It follows the life of a mute teenager called Oblivia, the victim of gang-rape by petrol-sniffing youths, from the displaced community where she lives in a hulk, in a swamp filled with rusting boats, and thousands of black swans driven from other parts of the country, to her marriage to Warren Finch, the first Aboriginal president of Australia, and her elevation to the position of First Lady, confined to a tower in a flooded and lawless southern city. The Swan Book has all the qualities which made Wright's previous novel, Carpentaria, a prize-winning bestseller. It offers an intimate awareness of the realities facing Aboriginal people; the wild energy and humour in her writing finds hope in the bleakest situations; and the remarkable combination of storytelling elements, drawn from myth and legend and fairy tale, has Oblivia Ethylene in the company of amazing characters like Aunty Bella Donna of the Champions, the Harbour Master, Big Red and the Mechanic, a talking monkey called Rigoletto, three genies with doctorates, and throughout, the guiding presence of swans.

Author : Paul Acker,Carolyne Larrington
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2002-02-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781136601361

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The Poetic Edda by Paul Acker,Carolyne Larrington Pdf

This unique collection of essays applies significant critical approaches to the mythological poetry of the Poetic Edda, a principal source for Old Norse cosmography and the legends of Odin, Loki, and Thor. The volume also provides very useful introductions that sketch the critical history of the Eddas. By applying new theoretical approaches (feminist, structuralist, post-structuralist) to each of the major poems, this book yields a variety of powerful and convincing readings. Contributors to the collection are both young scholars and senior figures in the discipline, and are of varying nationalities (American, British, Australian, Scandinavian, and Icelandic), thus ensuring a range of interpretations from different corners of the scholarly community. The new translations included here make available for the first time to English speaking students the intriguing methodologies that are currently developing in Scandinavia. An essential collection of scholarship for any Old Norse course, The Poetic Edda will also be of interest to scholars of Indo-European myth, as well as those who study the theory of myth.

Author : Jane Garry
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 747 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351576154

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Archetypes and Motifs in Folklore and Literature: A Handbook by Jane Garry Pdf

This is an authoritative presentation and discussion of the most basic thematic elements universally found in folklore and literature. The reference provides a detailed analysis of the most common archetypes or motifs found in the folklore of selected communities around the world. Each entry is written by a noted authority in the field, and includes accompanying reference citations. Entries are keyed to the Motif-Index of Folk Literature by Stith Thompson and grouped according to that Index's scheme. The reference also includes an introductory essay on the concepts of archetypes and motifs and the scholarship associated with them. This is the only book in English on motifs and themes that is completely folklore oriented, deals with motif numbers, and is tied to the Thompson Motif-Index. It includes in-depth examination of such motifs as: Bewitching; Chance and Fate; Choice of Roads; Death or Departure of the Gods; the Double; Ghosts and Other Revenants; the Hero Cycle; Journey to the Otherworld; Magic Invulnerability; Soothsayer; Transformation; Tricksters.

Author : Carole G. Silver
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2000-10-12
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780195349375

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Strange and Secret Peoples by Carole G. Silver Pdf

Teeming with creatures, both real and imagined, this encyclopedic study in cultural history illuminates the hidden web of connections between the Victorian fascination with fairies and their lore and the dominant preoccupations of Victorian culture at large. Carole Silver here draws on sources ranging from the anthropological, folkloric, and occult to the legal, historical, and medical. She is the first to anatomize a world peopled by strange beings who have infiltrated both the literary and visual masterpieces and the minor works of the writers and painters of that era. Examining the period of 1798 to 1923, Strange and Secret Peoples focuses not only on such popular literary figures as Charles Dickens and William Butler Yeats, but on writers as diverse as Thomas Carlyle, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Charlotte Mew; on artists as varied as mad Richard Dadd, Aubrey Beardsley, and Sir Joseph Noel Paton; and on artifacts ranging from fossil skulls to photographs and vases. Silver demonstrates how beautiful and monstrous creatures--fairies and swan maidens, goblins and dwarfs, cretins and changelings, elementals and pygmies--simultaneously peopled the Victorian imagination and inhabited nineteenth-century science and belief. Her book reveals the astonishing complexity and fertility of the Victorian consciousness: its modernity and antiquity, its desire to naturalize the supernatural, its pervasive eroticism fused with sexual anxiety, and its drive for racial and imperial dominion.

Author : Peter Young
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2008-03-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781861895028

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Swan by Peter Young Pdf

The graceful winged form of the swan has inspired works of art from fairy tales to ballets, and its profile is recognized immediately by even the most cursory of bird admirers. Now the newest addition to Reaktion’s acclaimed Animal series examines the fascinating story behind this elegant bird. The natural history of the swan is surprisingly complex, as Peter Young reveals, delving into the bird’s habitat and feeding habits, the physiological details of the eight surviving species and several extinct ones, the bird’s power and endurance, and the formation flying that allows them to conserve energy and fly great distances with speed. Swan gives equal treatment to the long and rich role of the swan in human culture, from the Greek myth of Leda and the Swan to the bird’s portrayal in sculpture, furniture, and brand name logos. Young also details the challenges facing conservation efforts to protect swans from human consumption and material goods. An engrossing account, Swan will be a welcome addition to the bookshelf of all who admire this beautiful bird.