DO THE IDEAS OF THE ‘MYTHS OF MATRIARCHY’ PREVAIL IN THE MODERN WORLD?
Keywords:
Myths, Women, ideasAbstract
Myths about women exist in the society. In many cases, these myths depict women as mysterious, deceptive and instigators of sins. This article concentrates on whether these ideas about women portrayed in the prehistoric myths still exist in the modern world. In order to fulfill this objective, the article takes Joan Bamberger’s (1974) discussions on the myths of matriarchy in different tribes of South American Indians. The common characteristics of these myths were identified and the modern situations were analysed on the basis of those characteristics. The article concludes that though these myths represent the prehistoric world, some of these ideas are still prevailing in the world.
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