People: "I don't read old stories to my daughters because they are outdated and sexist and women are all passive princesses waiting to be saved."
Me: I set out to read 26 traditional epics about woman heroes, and so far I have found 32.
Alright, so I am still working on the list and which ones I'll be able to read, but here is what I have right now
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Agu-Nogon-Abakha (Buryat)
Bidasari (Malaysia)
Cilappatikaram (Tamil)
Matabagka seeks the deity of the wind (Philippines)
Epic of Siri (Tulu)
Tale of Princess Fatima (Arab)
The song of Grotti (Iceland)
Inyan Olugu (Igbo)
Hervor and Heidrek (Iceland)
Silence (France)
Gudrun (Germany)
Mṛcchakatika (India)
Manimekalai (Tamil)
Kundalakesi (Tamil)
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The tale of the Nisan shamaness (Manchu)
Ocy-Bala (Altai)
Hi'iakaikapoliopele (Hawaii)
Queen Bertha (France)
Manasa (Bengal)
Chandravati's Ramayana (Bengal)
Umesiben Mama (Manchu)
Repunnot-un-Kur (Ainu)
Nne Mgbaafo (Igbo)
Ashima (Yi)
Juliana (Anglo-Saxon)
Sirin Mama (Sibe)
Note: this list doesn't include the stories I could not find a translation for (see earlier toots for that list)
@TarkabarkaHolgy do you have a link/source for these ?
@ralex Most of them have been published in English in book format, or in larger collections
@ralex let me know if you can't find one I'll get the link
@TarkabarkaHolgy I was interested by Silence and the Queen Bertha, because I am french and never heard of it, and I can't find anything.