The Ferocious and the Erotic: “Beautiful” Medusa and the Neolithic Bird and Snake
This article looks at the figure of Medusa cross-culturally, through texts and iconography, in order to examine her origins as well as her multifaceted functions. Dexter shows that Medusa is a compilation of Neolithic European, Semitic, and Indo-European mythology and iconography. Iconographically,...
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Journal of feminist studies in religion
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