It was woven long ago in threads
Woven: Telling the Heroine's Journey
…Of tales told in the dim reaches of time of the feminine heroic, a tapestry of beauty, valor, and power. Spinning the ancient stories of the heroine’s quest, weaving them in our time, we tell their wisdom in our own words.
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The Fairytale Heroine: Live and Create Her Journey
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The LAST chapter will post on June 9th—Chapter Ten: The Full Circle.
Once Chapter Ten is published on June 9th, all previous chapter posts will remain online for you to read at leisure. The entire book is about 65,000 words, a reasonable length for a non-fiction book of stories and commentary on the feminine quest, a work that meets a cultural moment when women’s legacy in folk literature can provide confidence and impetus for our lives and creative work.
This heritage is wide and deep, full of great heroines and their courageous journeys, gathered from the oral traditions of Old Europe and beyond time.
Fairy Tale Heroine’s Journey: The Graphic*
We’re excited to reveal the Woven circular graphic showing the progress of the heroine’s journey based on universal, repeated motifs in ageless fairy tales.
*Concept by Kate Farrell and graphic by content creator, Christine
Most have seen the circular graphic for the hero’s journey made famous by Joseph Campbell based on his concept of the “monomyth” or a synthesis of worldwide heroic myths.
In contrast, the three basic stages of the Fairy Tale Heroine’s journey are:
Entanglements and Jealousies
Into the Wilderness: Escape and Initiation
Return: Recognition and Self-Attainment