What was the role of Valkyries in Norse mythology? The Valkyries are daughters of Odin, and their job was to pick the souls of the dead to carry to Valhalla. The Vikings considered it an honor to be chosen by the Valkyries, since they only selected the bravest souls. 5. The strength and fierce attributes of warrior women in mythology and folklore had an effect on the societies of the ancient Greeks, Norse, and Celts.
Agrippina the Younger was the third wife of Claudius and the mother of Nero. Ancient writers have perceived her as a manipulative woman, controlling her husband and doing anything to place her son Nero upon the Imperial throne. Agrippina has gone down as one of the most powerful and most ruthless women in history. However modern historians have reviewed the images of Agrippina, free from the sexual bias of the Ancient writers. The histrorian James Romm portrayed Agrippina as a woman who was simply trying to escape the restrictions imposed on her by society.
Briana Norton Mrs. Nicci Brown-GPS 210 29 January 2013 Women heroes of the Odyssey In Homer’s Odyssey, the women have a major impact within this epic. Though in most stories and even in todays world, women are said to be inferior to men and play minor roles therefor they fall into the background. The two that have had the most effect on me is Athena and Penelope; these women have much in common, both wise and clever in their own sly ways. Athena the daughter of Zeus who is also the goddess of wisdom, craft and warfare, plays a vast role in the fate of the mortals within the epic. While Penelope, a mortal, also has an important role.
In this instance, his implication is that no women could naturally be so persuasive, powerful or dangerous. In fact, in order to defy society's perception of women in this time, he had to make them supernatural beings- witches to be precise. Phenomenal Woman, depicts woman as strong with a beauty that defies normal expectations and boundaries. This poem was written by Maya Angelou in the mid 20th Century. Maya's portrayal of women within this text has been shaped by her own experiences in life.
They believed in female, creative, reproductive power. Women were believed to have magic and that reproduction was the result of this magic. Paleolithic times relied heavily upon women to give birth to new members of the clan. Therefore, women ensured that the clan as a whole lives on even after the death of individual members. The role of men in reproduction was totally unknown to Paleolithic people.
Throughout her appeal, Grimke repeatedly states that all women “are our sisters”, because she wants everyone to realize that all women are women no matter what color they are. Grimke criticizes white women in the North for looking away and not acting compassionately toward “their colored sisters” while horrible things happen to them. She states that “our colored sisters are dreadfully oppressed” in America and those women have to stand up for them. If women decide not to act, then they may as well be termed “the white slaves of the North”. She wants northern women to stop being ignorant, stop pretending like they have nothing to do with slavery and start working together to fight the injustice that is present in their lives.
Spartan Women According to feminist Simon de Beauvoir author of The Second Sex “More than any other Greek women, Spartans have been subject of praise or blame from antiquity to present.” . The women of Sparta have a vital role within Sparta society as they were responsible for producing healthy babies as well as partaking in the running of the economy. They differ greatly from their Greek counterparts in that not only do they have an education which enables them to participate on Spartan society but they can own land and partake in sports and ceremonies. Unlike their other Greek counterparts Spartan women received a thorough education and harsh upbringing so they could play a greater role in Spartan society. Spartans were they only Greek society that prescribed a public education for girls.
Most of the women were described in a belligerent personified: Extreme Cruelty, Sword-Time, or simply Killer. Even Blame, the Norn of Necessity is among the Valkyries, was who on occasions the influential figure of bossy. There was a Valkyrie of drunken brawling, Ale-Rune, and another of Taunts. To the Viking mind Battle herself was a woman, as were War, Tumult, Chaos, Devastation and Clash. The female corpses
Boudicca, the renowned ‘warrior queen’ and her Revolt of A.D.60 is acknowledged to be a momentous event in history. Dramatized through modern film productions and passionate historians, the concept of actual historical events and legendary myths of Boudicca, have become hazy and the enigmatic nature of herself has become glorified into an infamous female heroine. Alternative interpretations of Boudicca have modified throughout time, whereas nowadays, her biography is depicted as one of “Britain’s greatest heroines…a freedom fighter who rebelled against the Roman government,” however negative representations of her figured prominently in early Modern England as a violent, vengeful character who cared as little for majority of her faithful Britons as of those invading
Steinem, Jane Fonda, and Robin Morgan, all women activists, were described as, “Rush Limbaugh’s use of the term ‘femi-nazi’ to describe radical feminists…in that they are proposing what Nazis and other totalitarian types like to do—to silence their opposition by government fiat” (Whittington). Through this quote found in a Yahoo article, the audience can see how Rush Limbaugh is against Steinem and the other women mentioned above, Fonda and Morgan. The reason why Rush Limbaugh was against these three women was because he believe they were ‘femi-nazis’ also known as women who are feminists that are hypocritical. Everybody is human and everybody makes mistakes and judges others without thinking about it. According to Limbaugh, Steinem was, “sex(ist)…(when she) once suggested men behave all the time like women who are PMSing” (Whittington).