Comments on: Feminist Folk Tales http://genderequalbooks.com/feminist-folk-tales/ Children's books to foster equality Sun, 22 Jan 2012 20:34:33 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Lucine Kasbarian http://genderequalbooks.com/feminist-folk-tales/comment-page-1/#comment-617 Lucine Kasbarian Tue, 09 Nov 2010 21:14:48 +0000 http://genderequalbooks.com/?p=215#comment-617 Another excellent folk tale ahead of its time is: A Weave of Words (an Armenian folktale retold by Robert San Souci). The heroine (a commoner) insists that her suitor (a high-born prince with no skills to his credit) learn a trade with his hands, which he does to successfully win her hand. When the prince is kidnapped, he has an opportunity to use his newfound skills, and which enables the heroine to come to his rescue! A rare example of a man in peril being saved by his woman! http://www.rsansouci.com/pages/books/weave.htm Another excellent folk tale ahead of its time is: A Weave of Words (an Armenian folktale retold by Robert San Souci).

The heroine (a commoner) insists that her suitor (a high-born prince with no skills to his credit) learn a trade with his hands, which he does to successfully win her hand.

When the prince is kidnapped, he has an opportunity to use his newfound skills, and which enables the heroine to come to his rescue! A rare example of a man in peril being saved by his woman!

http://www.rsansouci.com/pages/books/weave.htm

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