Marina Warner

Just finished Warners 'From the Beast to the Blonde' book, got lots of info on

•  women's connection with birds ie. stalk, mother hen and links to female sexual knowledge and power.
• Bird's/webbed feet and connections with the devil.
• Example of Chinese version of Cinderella and its symbolism/ events (reminds me of my favourite book when I was younger, 'Chinese Cinderella', a true story by Adelin yen Mah- perhaps look back at this.)
• Symbolism behind small feet, the shoes, glass slipper ect.
• Rivalry between women.
• Symbolism behind women's golden hair- sweetness, youth, beauty ect.
• The link between the name 'Ashputtle' and the girls mourning for her dead mother.
• The idea that a heroin escapes one sexual ordeal for another- marriage
• women's (typically) 'suffering' before 'triumph'........