tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2746050727441727244.post4049478083873765644..comments2023-07-02T02:56:32.614-07:00Comments on The Velvet Chamber: Women who rescue men (and other Russian folk tales worth reading)LA Slugockihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12991907973986981655noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2746050727441727244.post-8504448422832592752010-06-26T19:57:45.647-07:002010-06-26T19:57:45.647-07:00I'll get started on it asap. :)I'll get started on it asap. :)Sapheyerbluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03818726021134462198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2746050727441727244.post-68354903164173200352010-06-26T15:58:09.484-07:002010-06-26T15:58:09.484-07:00I'd love to hear more, maybe you'd like to...I'd love to hear more, maybe you'd like to write a guest post on the topicLA Slugockihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12991907973986981655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2746050727441727244.post-46170511780038761872010-06-25T20:38:32.823-07:002010-06-25T20:38:32.823-07:00I've also done quite a bit of research on the ...I've also done quite a bit of research on the topic, and think Jeannine Davis-Kimball found more than just the graves of women who rode horsesSapheyerbluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03818726021134462198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2746050727441727244.post-10793535476548215602010-06-23T17:05:45.531-07:002010-06-23T17:05:45.531-07:00Oh, I think that's absolutely possible. It...Oh, I think that's absolutely possible. It's a gray area of scholarship, nobody seems to agree whether the Amazon women were real or an invention. I remember trying to rsearch them for a NPR series I was producing, and the results were scarce. Its really fascinating.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08080202617967457151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2746050727441727244.post-23852555716156288742010-06-22T20:44:52.092-07:002010-06-22T20:44:52.092-07:00Though I find this entire post interesting, the on...Though I find this entire post interesting, the one thing that really catches my imagination is that there are some (including myself) who believe that the ancient tales of warrior women (Amazons) were actual women who came from the steppes of what is now Russia. Could the "fairy tales" of heroic women rescuing their men be ancient memories of a race of warrior women?Sapheyerbluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03818726021134462198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2746050727441727244.post-53306427740983277902010-06-18T19:05:19.440-07:002010-06-18T19:05:19.440-07:00You couldn't get very far!You couldn't get very far!LA Slugockihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12991907973986981655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2746050727441727244.post-34894398877864891602010-06-18T12:22:01.345-07:002010-06-18T12:22:01.345-07:00I have this mental image of the princess dangling ...I have this mental image of the princess dangling from a string tied to the tines of the crown. Yes, that would present a challenge when trying to be heroic.lisahgoldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11158660223296807317noreply@blogger.com