The Isle of Maidens | Moral Lessons and Cannibals

For the Love of History

Morality lessons, and cannibals! This episode took me on a journey that I did not expect! I thought we were just gonna talk about some badass lady fighters on an island but instead, we're hopping in our little time machine to learn about "morals" or at least what the

ancient Greek and Japanese, Buddhists thought morals were! We're going to encounter nymphs, witches, Amazon warriors, and cannibals!! So grab your snack and a drink hop in the Time Machine and let's get to it!!

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💛Live Recording!

https://www.youtube.com/live/E4s5IHab5QU?si=C5BVAiCdoFpaXf3l

💙Live History Quiz!!

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🏺Further Reading!

The Real Amazons

https://www.newyorker.com/books/joshua-rothman/real-amazons

Odysseus and the Sirens

https://www.awesomestories.com/asset/view/Odysseus-and-the-Sirens

The Amazon Women: Is There Any Truth Behind the Myth?

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/amazon-women-there-any-truth-behind-myth-180950188/

Demonology and Eroticism: Islands of Women in the Japanese Buddhist Imagination

https://www.jstor.org/stable/40660972#:~:text=female%20realms%20in%20the%20Japanese,fabled%20isle%20of%20erotic%20fantasy

Not Every Woman is an Island: Some Notes about Isles of Women and Colonisation in the 'Odyssey'

https://www.academia.edu/42004233/Not_Every_Woman_is_an_Island_Some_Notes_about_Isles_of_Women_and_Colonisation_in_the_Odyssey

A 'women-only' village? The truth is much more complex—and fascinating

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/article/noiva-do-cordeiro-brazil-matriarchy-feature

“The Island of Seductive Women” origin story of Sri-Lanka, that travelled from India to Japan

https://medium.com/@Samosa_sexual/the-island-of-seductive-women-origin-story-of-sri-lanka-that-travelled-from-india-to-japan-3b3f4c173ef6

The Search for the Celtic Themyscira: Was There Really an Island of Celtic Warrior Women?

https://irishmyths.com/2022/05/11/celtic-themyscira/

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📚Book Recs!!

The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker

Warrior Women: An Archaeologist's Search for History's Hidden Heroines by Jeannine Davis-Kimball and Mona Behan

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🎬Videos

The Incredible Amazon Warriors - Greek Mythology

https://youtu.be/am6AGIZJj9I?si=WdDEPrUfKZQXU_li

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