Continuing our spooky month theme of women and the supernatural is this post looking at Catherine Deshayes, also known as La Voisin. As well as being a fortune teller, and wealthy businesswoman, Catherine was also an alleged witch who attempted to kill a king…intrigued read on to find out more.
Tag: women in religion
Danu
This month we look at women of the supernatural and on brand for Emily, we decided to look into one of the ancient Celtic goddesses Danu.
The Virgin Mary
The stories of most first century Jewish women have been lost to history, however, there is one exception, that of Mary, the mother of Jesus. As perhaps the best known mother in history, she witnessed Jesus’ life from his first breath to his last and yet there her existence is doubted. Did she exist? Why don’t we have much information about her and her life? If she did exist what would her day to day life have been like? These are the questions this post is going to explore.
Pope Joan.
There have been 266 popes and despite any differences they had, they were all male...right? Well, not according to medieval manscusprits, which tell the story of a popess, who disguised as a man ruled for two years under the name Pope John VII. This article asks was Pope Joan real?
Tara and Women in Buddhism
Buddhism was founded more than 2,500 years ago in India years ago by The Buddha Siddhartha Gautama. Today there are many philosophies and interpretations within the religion making it a tolerant and evolving religion. This post looks at the saviour-goddess Tara and the role of women in Buddhism.
Sagas of She 