3. Eligible Wives and Monstrous Women: Andromeda and Medusa

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Table of Contents 5
3. Acknowledgments 7
4. Introduction 9
5. 1. The Dragon 23
6. 2. The Cave and the Womb: The Myth of Cadmus and the Myth of Apollo and Python 47
7. 3. Eligible Wives and Monstrous Women: Andromeda and Medusa 89
8. 4. Medea – The Holy Woman and the Witch 127
9. 5. Eve and Lilith – Christianizing the Great Goddess and the Dragon 193
10. 6. Saint Margaret – Taming the Dragon 227
11. Conclusion 273
12. Bibliography 281
13. Index 327