Temptresses
Evil Women. Every culture has them. Religions have banned and branded them. Men find them terrifying and fascinating. Women secretly admire them. An eye cast over the impressive if frightening array of characters reveals baby-thief Lamia, a fertile deity from Greek mythology with a serpent's tail who seduced mortals and bred beautiful monster-children; Morgan le Fay, fairy sister to King Arthur, who according to Celtic legend tried to wrest the throne from him using her black magic powers; Medea who wreaked terrible revenge on Jason when he left her for a younger woman; Lilith, Eve, the Queen of Sheba, Delilah, Jezebel, Kali - all wicked women whose names have been with us for centuries as demons and sirens and troublemakers.
224 pages, 2 editions
English edition · First published 2000 by Virago · ISBN 9780349004266
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2 editions
English
- Temptresses · Virago · 2013 · ISBN 9780349004266 This page
- Temptresses: The Virago Book of Evil Women · Virago · 2000 · ISBN 9781860495632
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