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Women in Mythology: Empowerment and Equality

Explore the fascinating stories of powerful female figures in mythology such as Lilith, Pandora, and Persephone, depicted in art and literature. Discover their symbolic representations and roles in ancient tales. Unveil the intricate narratives of succubi, harpies, fates, and more.

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Women in Mythology: Empowerment and Equality

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  1. Women in Mythology

  2. Eve

  3. God said to Adam … Genesis 2:15 “Of every tree of the garden you are free to eat; but as for the tree of knowledge of good and bad, you must not eat of it; for as soon as you eat of it, you shall die.”

  4. Eden: Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel

  5. Raphael: The Fall Adam & Eve

  6. The Punishment Genesis 3:16: • “And to the woman [God] said, ‘I will make most severe your pains in childbearing; in pain shall you bear children. Yet your urge shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you.’ ”

  7. Succubi

  8. Succubi • Female demons who force men to have intercourse with them

  9. Lilith

  10. Lilith • First wife of Adam (Judaism) • Refused to have sex in missionary position; wanted equality • Goddess of the dark moon • Mother of succubi • Demon of the night • Kidnaps/eats/kills babies; seduces (sleeping) men to propagate demon children

  11. The Lilin • Demon children of Lilith and Samael

  12. Lilith-John Collier

  13. Lady Lilith Dante Gabriel Rossetti

  14. Lilith • Adopted by feminists and religious/spiritual groups as a symbol of female empowerment and equality

  15. Pandora

  16. Pandora • The first woman • Created by the gods (Hephaestus in particular) and bestowed with unique gifts from each (including curiosity) • Given to Epimetheus as a wife • Opens the jar/box that contains all the evils of the world (disease, death, sorrow) • When she slams to jar/box shut, hopelessness remains trapped inside

  17. Dante Gabriel Rossetti

  18. Dante Gabriel Rossetti

  19. John W. Waterhouse

  20. John W. Waterhouse

  21. This painting by Waterhouse isn’t actually a Pandora painting; it’s Psyche Opening the Golden Box; but it is so beautiful

  22. Unknown Artist

  23. Unknown Artist(this is from a Russian postcard … I don't know whether Maul is the artist or the postcard publisher)

  24. Sculptures

  25. Pandorasculpted by Chauncey Ives (1864)

  26. Pandorasculpted by Chauncey Ives (1858)

  27. Persephone

  28. Goddess of Spring/Queen of the Underworld/Wife of Hades • Origin story to explain the seasons • Her mother, Demeter, is the goddess of the harvest • Persephone was abducted by Hades and eventually rescued by Hermes • Because she consumed food (pomegranate seeds) in the Underworld, she was forced to return for several months each year (winter)

  29. The Rape of Proserpina Gian Lorenzo Bernini

  30. Persephone's Return, by Frederick Lord Leighton

  31. Sirens

  32. The Siren and the Fisherman, by Frederic Lord Leighton

  33. The SirenJohn William Waterhouse

  34. Harpies

  35. Harpies in the wood of the suicidesGustave Doré

  36. Valkyries

  37. Valkyries • Norse mythology • Demigoddesses of death • Decide who will die in battle

  38. The Ride of the ValkyriesWilliam T. Maud

  39. The Fates A Golden Thread by John Strudwick

  40. Moirae (Greek mythology) • Clotho: spun the thread of life • Lachesis: measured the thread of life • Atropos: cut the thread of life & chose the manner of a person's death

  41. Parcae (Roman mythology) • Nona: spun the thread of life • Decima: measured the thread of life • Morta: cut the thread of life & chose the manner of a person's death

  42. Gorgons • Stheno (Might) • Euryale (Wide Flowing Sea) • Medusa (Queen/Ruler)

  43. Perseus slaying the Gorgon, Medusa by Cellini

  44. Graeae • personified the white foam of the sea • shared one eye, one ear and one tooth • grey-haired from birth • guardians of the Gorgons • Enyo (horror) • Deino (dread) • Pemphredo (alarm)

  45. The Graeae byL.W. Messacar

  46. The Furies

  47. The Muses Goddesses of Art & Science

  48. Apollo and the Muses on Mount Helicon by Claude Lorrain

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