Three women in the Scottish cultural landscape : Deirdre, Grainne and Medb, Three Mythological Female Characters Shaping Scotland
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3 janvier 2022
- doi: 10.4000/books.pufc.38735
- isbn: 9782848676746
- eisbn: 9782848678788
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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Céline Savatier-Lahondès, « Three women in the Scottish cultural landscape : Deirdre, Grainne and Medb, Three Mythological Female Characters Shaping Scotland », Presses universitaires de Franche-Comté, ID : 10.4000/books.pufc.38735
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The paper offers an insight in Antique pre-Christian and pre-Roman insular literary matter and more particularly, explores three female characters known in Ireland as well as in Scotland from ‘time immemorial’: Deirdre, Grainne and the legendary Queen Medb. The aim is to examine the common features that emerge from these mythic women: degree of independence and choice, degree of influence, warlike qualities, and sexual behaviour. The way their portrayals evolved through time enables us to sketch the picture of an ancient Scottish feminine cultural landscape, in which a comparison with Lady Macbeth, an influential woman if any, appears unavoidable.