Penelope’s great web: the violent interruption - Classical Inquiries

They call this knot of stars a Weaving Girl

whose golden needle tears the dark apart.

To survive these conditions, women have had to become as Athena was, aligned with her father in order to thrive. But the consequence of being a ‘good daughter’ or a ‘good mother’ is that the darkness, represented by Medusa’s banished fury, will rise up in unpredictable ways. Have you ever noticed in fairy tales how often the protagonist’s mother is

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