Artemis by Bolen, Jean Shinoda -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Page Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents Introduction: The Indomitable Spirit in Everywoman

Atalanta and Artemis Goddess Archetypes in Everywoman Stories

Chapter One: Atalanta the Myth

The Myth of Atalanta The Footrace and the Golden Apples The Meaning of the Myth

Chapter Two: Atalanta, Artemis, Mother Bear

Mother Bear—Symbol of Artemis Mother-Bear Support The Will to Live and Help to Survive Patriarchal Power Gendercide Supportive, Protective, Egalitarian Men Send Word, Bear Mother Bears and Women

Chapter Three: Atalanta and Meleager

Psychological Abandonment Meleager As a Greek Hero Meleager and His Mother Atalanta and Meleager—Twinning Couple

Chapter Four: The Hunt for the Calydon Boar

Destructive Rage in Families The Calydon Boar As Inner Symbol The Calling of the Hunt Atalanta's Confrontation with the Boar The Boar As a Destructive Force of Nature The Death of Meleager Meleager and His Mother Death and Dying in Myth and Dreams

Chapter Five: Atalanta in the Wilderness

First Transitions Turning to Nature Strayed Under the Protection of Artemis Synchronicity and Grace Betrayal by Brothers in Arms Wilderness As Metaphor Moving Through the Wilderness The Wilderness of Possibility and Potential

Chapter Six: The Footrace and the Three Golden Apples

Fleet-Footed Atalanta Changing Assumptions and Agreements Hippomenes and the Footrace Atalanta and Hippomenes The Inner Sacred Marriage— Coniunctio Not Happily Ever After Atalanta in Free to Be You and Me

Chapter Seven: Virgin Goddess Archetype: Artemis, Athena, Hestia

Artemis Virgin Goddesses and Non-Victims Goddess-Archetype Patterns Hestia Going Solo Paradox and Synchronicity Shadow Aspects of the Virgin Archetypes Growing Beyond Archetype Athena and Artemis as Allies

Chapter Eight: Goddesses of the Moon: Artemis/Selene/Hecate

Atalanta, Artemis, and the Moon Selene—Goddess of the Full Moon Hecate—Goddess of the Waning Moon Artemis Growing Older

Chapter Nine: Free to Be You and Me

Perpetual Migration The Toxicity of Power Procrustes and His Bed Finding Your Song and Singing It Grassroots Feminism The Girl with No Name One Billion Rising—One Activist's Story The Girl Who Was Shot by The Taliban Marina, Eve, and Malala The Courage of Children Humiliation, Shame, and Blame Seeing the Past in a Different Light

Parting Thoughts Resources

Mythology Fiction Non-Fiction Publications Online References Poetry and Music

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