Wild women

Here are entered works on women who have been represented in the folklore and art of numerous cultures as real or legendary inhabitants of wild places, allegorical figures, demons, etc.
URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92001933
- info:lc/authorities/sh92001933
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh92001933#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Wild woman
- Wolf women
Broader Terms
- Women
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
- http://stitch.cs.vu.nl/vocabularies/rameau/ark:/12148/cb12323224n
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
- http://d-nb.info/gnd/4307940-4
Sources
- found: Work cat.: Estes, C.P. Women who run with the wolves, 1992 (wild woman archtype)
- found: Bernheimer, R. Wild men in the Middle Ages, 1970: p. 33 (Wild women; wild woman)
- notfound: F. & W. stand. dict. folklore, mythology, legend;Pearson, R. Dict. anthro.;Winick, C. Dict. anthro.
LC Classification
- GN372
General Notes
- Here are entered works on women who have been represented in the folklore and art of numerous cultures as real or legendary inhabitants of wild places, allegorical figures, demons, etc.
Change Notes
- 1992-04-13: new

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