Rowan & Pine: A Feminist Folklore & Mythology Podcast

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Rowan & Pine: A Feminist Folklore & Mythology Podcast

Show Notes

Her right hand traces the fjord in her thigh She counts the things she is afraid of: Nothing, Her own fingers— Ringed seals Trapped in the freezing sea. Sedna by Allyson Young The legend of Sedna flows through the icy waters of the Arctic, told and retold in many places, bending to each culture. But no matter the version, one thing remains the same: Sedna is the mother of all sea creatures, and as goddess of the deep she decides when the seals, the whales, the walrus, and the fish will rise to meet the hunters of the North.

S O U R C E S: https://www.polarlife.ca/traditional/myth/sedna.htm https://cmszabo55.medium.com/untangling-suffering-sedna-creatrix-under-the-sea-a11cfc660b51 https://www.tumblr.com/bestiarium/683396691391561728/the-myth-of-sedna-the-mother-of-the-sea-inuit https://guidetogreenland.com/travel-blogs/Christina-gamborg-holm/storytelling-up-north-the-inuit-legend-of-sedna/ https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/InuitMythology Prokop, Carol Ann - Written in stone : a comparative analysis of Sedna and the Moon Spirit as depicted in contemporary Inuit sculpture and graphics Sedna: The Goddess of the Sea & Marine Animals - (Inuit Mythology Explained)

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