Emma Woods, PhD.
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Can be found at the intersection of Feminism, Mythology and Folklore. Co-founder of @mythcrafts. Author of Bite Me: The Myth of V@gina Dentata 🦷
Joined April 2018
Patriarchal rule has a sordid history of creating moral panics around female sexuality to justify stripping rights to women’s bodily autonomy. The idea that women have “teeth down there” is used to justify FGM, promote medical negligence and excuse sexual violence.
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The idea that women have teeth “down there” is common in mythology and folklore. This collection of stories from around the globe shows just how much this fear has taken root in society and impacted our cultural attitudes . #LegendaryWednesday.
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Patriarchal rule has a long and sordid history of creating moral panics around female sexuality to control and subjugate women. They spin lies about female bodies, telling us that they are wild,...
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Salamanders are connected with folk magic and were thought of as one of the 4 elemental creatures in Alchemy. They were also thought to be the source of a curious ancient relic: the fire cleansed cloth.
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RT @MythCrafts: Most of us have experienced the madness of lust and the all-consuming need it creates. Often, once it dissipates, we are le….
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Ah Cupid, the sweet chubby little baby that adorns cards and decorations this time of year. Son of Aphrodite (the Roman Venus), the Goddess of love, he flies through the air, his bow and arrow clas…
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RT @MythCrafts: Weasels were thought to have powerful magical abilities, and were associated with Hecate, the goddess of magic and witchcra….
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Protecting food and grain stores was a vital element of survival in ancient times, so while ancient Egyptians were busy breeding domesticated cats to keep mice and rats at bay, the ancient Greeks p…
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RT @MythCrafts: When Maureen Murdock asked Joseph Campbell how women’s stories fitted into the hero’s journey cycle he told her they didn’t….
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Joseph Campbell’s proposal of the monomyth has stood the test of time, and cinema. The concept, which he derived from a thirteenth century German Grail Romance called Parzival, was straightfo…
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RT @FolkloreThurs: A day late, but ten years ago yesterday we hosted the first ever #FolkloreThursday! TEN YEARS people!! What a decade it'….
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RT @MythCrafts: Hundreds of Church affiliated Magdalene Asylums operated across multiple countries. Women who were destitute, unwanted, o….
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Magdalene asylums, also known as Magdalene laundries, were named after the biblical Mary Magdalene and were institutions used to house “fallen” women (a general term for women employed as prostitut…
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RT @MythCrafts: Sirens did not start out as erotic temptresses. Described as having a swallows body with a female head, the Sirens seduced….
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Sirens are often mistakenly thought of as a monstrous counterpart to the mermaid; evil temptresses lurking in the sea foam waiting to lure innocent sailors to their death with their songs. This was…
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RT @MythCrafts: Many of us know the urban legend of albino alligators that live in the sewers beneath New York City, but did you know recor….
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Many of us know the urban legend of albino alligators that live in the sewers beneath New York City, but records of sewer monsters can be seen as far back as 2CE.
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RT @MythCrafts: Greco-Roman weasel myths focus on allegories with wild women who will not be house-broken and tamed. 🔗 ⬇️. .
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Protecting food and grain stores was a vital element of survival in ancient times, so while ancient Egyptians were busy breeding domesticated cats to keep mice and rats at bay, the ancient Greeks p…
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RT @mythwoods: Patriarchal rule has a sordid history of creating moral panics around female sexuality to justify stripping rights to women’….
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RT @MythCrafts: Ah Lady luck… when she shines down upon you your life becomes so easy, joyous in fact, but once she takes her gaze away the….
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Ah Lady luck… when she shines down upon you your life becomes so easy, joyous in fact, but once she takes her gaze away the storm clouds roll in and the pathways before you become treacherous and r…
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RT @MythCrafts: Magdalene Asylums were church run institutions for fallen women, existing from 1758 to 1996. These inhumane penitentiaries….
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RT @MythCrafts: Our new video exploring the Greek myth of Cassandra and the archetypal experience of having your warnings dismissed or igno….
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RT @MythCrafts: Snow White was only 7 years old when she was considered to be a sexual rival to the evil Queen. Every element of the tale….
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My favorite goddess, Seshat: She who is foremost in the library.
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RT @MythCrafts: Lady Triệu’s determination to save her people & her land from bondage & enslavement was both inspirational & brave. She was….
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Triệu Thị Trinh was born in the Nông Cống district of Vietnam in 226, a time where the Chinese occupied much of Vietnam, persecuting the native inhabitants of the land. From a young age Triệu Thị T…
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RT @MythCrafts: We finally got around to launching our YouTube channel, please check it out and subscribe 🩷🙏🩷.
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RT @MythCrafts: Do you know how old Snow White was supposed to be? The answer should surprise and horrify you.
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Snow White is one of the staples of the modern fairytale cannon, and as a feminist, I would not be the first to take umbrage with some of the more troubling themes. The most obvious of these, as wi…
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