{"product_id":"2940170520114","title":"Women Who Fly: Goddesses, Witches, Mystics, and other Airborne Females","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the beautiful apsaras of Hindu myth to the swan maidens of European fairy tales, stories of flying women amp;mdash; some carried by wings, others by clouds, rainbows, floating scarves, and flying horses amp;mdash; reveal the perennial fascination with and ambivalence about female power and sexuality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eWomen Who Fly\u003c\/i\u003e, Serinity Young examines the motif of the flying woman as it appears in a wide variety of cultures and historical periods, in legends, myths, rituals, sacred narratives, and artistic productions. She considers supernatural women like the Valkyries of Norse legend, who transport men to immortality; winged deities like the Greek goddesses Iris and Nike; figures of terror like the Furies, witches, and succubi; airborne Christian mystics; and wayward, dangerous women like Lilith and Morgan le Fay. Looking beyond the supernatural, Young examines the modern mythology surrounding 20th-century female aviators like Amelia Earhart and Hanna Reitsch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first audiobook to systematically chronicle the figure of the flying woman in myth, literature, art, and pop culture, \u003ci\u003eWomen Who Fly\u003c\/i\u003e offers a fresh look at the ways in which women have both influenced and been understood by society and religious traditions throughout the ages and around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tantor Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47123276038384,"sku":"2940170520114","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170520114_p0.jpg?v=1763711339","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170520114","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}