Momma's Gonna Knock You Out!

[shanmonster]

I'm reading Angela Carter's The Virago Book of Fairy Tales, and thought I'd share one of the shorter stories with you.

Enjoy!

Sermerssuaq (Eskimo)

Sermerssuaq was so powerful that she could lift a kayak on the tips of three fingers. She could kill a seal merely by drumming on its head with her fists. She could rip asunder a fox or hare. Once she arm-wrestled with Qasordlanguaq, another powerful woman, and beat her so easily that she said: 'Poor Qasordlanguaq could not even beat one of her own lice at arm-wrestling.' Most men she could beat and then she would tell them: 'Where were you when the testicles were given out?' Sometimes this Sermerssuaq would show off her clitoris. It was so big that the skin of a fox would not fully cover it. Aja, and she was the mother of nine children, too!

Comments

Inuit Godesses Kick ASS

[papajoemambo.livejournal.com]

Have you ever read about Sedna - who was raped by a fulmar and abandonned by her family and who became the Goddess of Death and the fingerless embodiment of frost-bite and drowning under the ice? She's very similar to the Dark Virgin characters found in Latin-American countries.

The Inuit didn't pull any punches with their Godesses

Re: Inuit Godesses Kick ASS

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, I remember her, although I'm terrible with Inuit names (despite being part Innu myself. Go figure). She's a good creepy goddess.

I need to find some Siberian folklore to add to the mix. Those stories are downright surreal.

A Right Jolly Old Elf (Re: Inuit Godesses Kick ASS)

[papajoemambo.livejournal.com]

If you don't feel too bad for not knowing the Innu stuff I promise I'll try not to berate myself for not knowing much of the Cree heritage that's dilluted in my re-patriating Euro bloodstream.

If you're looking for some fun (and an example of just how much COCA COLA has perverted some of its marketing material) check out the ACTUAL Santa Claus stuff from Finland sometime. He's an Elf/Faerie and the elves in his workshop are changeling little bad kids whom he's kidnapped from their homes for having been wicked during the year.

Hardly the guy in the Rankin/Bass specials, as much as I love the Rankin/Bass specials...

Re: Inuit Godesses Kick ASS

[sorceror.livejournal.com]

Aren't they thinking of naming that new tenth planet after Sedna?

Re: Inuit Godesses Kick ASS

[papajoemambo.livejournal.com]

I had heard that, yes.

Re: Inuit Godesses Kick ASS

[petechons.livejournal.com]

90377 Sedna ()

But the one you're probably thinking of is 2003 UB₃₁₃ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_UB313)

[papajoemambo.livejournal.com]

Are you in Kitchener now?

Perhaps we should make arrangements some time for a GO TRAIN trip on my part some Sunday or Tuesday to visit you and do a lil coffee and used-book-store scouting.

You game?

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

I think that would be fabulous! I won't be in the city until later this week, and I'm going to be gallivanting around for about a week, but after that, I'm game!

[papajoemambo.livejournal.com]

Sounds wonderful -my time-table isn't clear for anything until the first week of May as it is, so it looks like we'll both be ready at the same time...

[papajoemambo.livejournal.com]

We could hang out in front of Dave Sim's house and you could threaten him by the mere presence of your estrogen...

Pack up your troubles in your fox clit bag and smile, smile, smile

[montecristo.livejournal.com]

That's too funny!

[fourcorners.livejournal.com]

WTF? I've heard of tall tales, but this one's pretty...yeah

[petechons.livejournal.com]

Oh man, I so need to get that book!

[petechons.livejournal.com]

but surely the book you describe is this one (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1853814407/ref=reg_hu-wl_item-added/026-4008697-3186016?%5Fencoding=UTF8)?