Lecture notes from Professor Mattingly's course
associated with cliffs,caves and treasure
statred in 1216 as a feminist love ballad
strive in the family,a civil war
a highborn girl or woman
the mother is bad at her job
Dads the King
Brothers the one who undoes the Curse
the Curse comes about because of bad behaviour
anchorite nuns read dragon-maiden romances
modern interpretation:can't have a baby as a dragon
origins:the Spirit of Eire ( Statue of Liberty )
the American Constitution is a distant cousin of a dragon-maiden story
currently its a childrens fairy tale,but the original historical material is
a bit more violent
the White Lady in the TV series Supernatural has its origins in
old European White Lady tales
old White Ladies sometimes are dragon-maidens in disguise