Changing Woman and Her Sisters: Stories of Goddesses from Around the World (Katrin Hyman Tchana)

Summary: Ten stories of goddesses from a broad range of world cultures and religions.  Representing wide-ranging perspectives from Inuit, Mayan, Celtic, and Hindu to the Fon of West Africa, the tales each begin with an informational paragraph that briefly outlines context then move into a story retold from collected and documented goddess myths.  The stories are powerful and sometimes authentically violent--the father of Sedna, deity of the Inuits, cuts off her hands and allows her to drown to save himself, and the Celtic goddess Macha is forced to race a team of horses while she is giving birth.  They also portray love, faith, and compassion--Shinto's Kuan Yin devotes herself to eliminating suffering, and the Navajo Changing Woman lovingly prepares a good earth in which humans will dwell. (from muse.jhu.edu)

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Tags: Fiction; Folklore; Goddesses; Juvenile works; Tales