“In patriarchal societies, the conception of life and death is often seen to be linear rather than circular. Because of a societal fear of death, death figures in patriarchal Indo-European cultures became horrific. Further, in these societies both the feminine… — Miriam Robbins Dexter Copy Share Image
“Philologically, the name Medusa means the “ruling one.” But by the time of the earliest Greek texts which contain myth, those of Homer, Medusa… — Miriam Robbins Dexter Copy Share Image
“Modern Western culture has tended to dwell too much on the character of her “anger.” For example, a misogynist trend in psychoanalysis focuses upon… — Miriam Robbins Dexter Copy Share Image
“Medusa reminds us that we must not take the female “monster” at face value; that we must not only weigh her beneficent against her… — Miriam Robbins Dexter Copy Share Image
“In the Neolithic period, throughout Europe and the Near East, there appear figurines which represent bird/women, snake/women, and bird/snake/woman hybrids. Since Goddesses with bird… — Miriam Robbins Dexter Copy Share Image
“The wings and snakes may have been late additions to the portrayal of Medusa, but they are nonetheless a natural concomitant of the ferocious… — Miriam Robbins Dexter Copy Share Image
“Thus, there is an ambivalence here about the death-aspect of the Goddess. Clearly, she represents regeneration as well as death. Indeed, the venom of… — Miriam Robbins Dexter Copy Share Image
“In patriarchal societies, the conception of life and death is often seen to be linear rather than circular. Because of a societal fear of… — Miriam Robbins Dexter Copy Share Image
“Many women have identified with the grimace and the rage of Medusa. May Sarton identifies the Medusa-face as the face of her own frozen… — Miriam Robbins Dexter Copy Share Image
“Medusa continues to be viewed as protective and apotropaic—warding off evil, warding off the enemy—and even healing in the Greek tradition, but she has… — Miriam Robbins Dexter Copy Share Image
“Although Medusa may be of use to modern feminists, providing an ancient locus for modern rage, it is important to see that the raging… — Miriam Robbins Dexter Copy Share Image
