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Uncover hidden histories: women’s myths, secrets, and forgotten origins revealed.
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Women's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets

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  • Paperback

    1136 pages

  • Release Date

    1 November 1983

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Summary

Do You Know…

  • where the legend of a cat’s nine lives comes from
  • why “mama” is a word understood in nearly all languages
  • how the custom of kissing began
  • whether there really was a female pope
  • why Cinderella’s glass slipper was so important to the Prince

The answers to these and countless other intriguing questions are given in this compulsively readable, feminist encyclopedia. Twenty-five years in preparation, this unique, compreh…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780062509253
ISBN-10:006250925X
Author:Barbara G. Walker
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint:HarperSanFrancisco
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:1136
Edition:1st
Release Date:1 November 1983
Weight:1.23kg
Dimensions:51mm x 162mm x 227mm
A-Format
B-Format
Women's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets by Barbara G. Walker - ISBN: 9780062509253
162 × 227 mm
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A4
mm / in
About The Author

Barbara G. Walker

Barbara G. Walker, author of The Woman’s Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets, The Woman’s Dictionary of Symbols and Sacred Objects, and many other books, is a member of the Morris Museum Mineralogical Society and the Trailside Mineral Club of the New Jersey Earth Science Association.

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