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In Old Babylonian society, nadītu and other women who held religious offices were not allowed to bear children. Traditionally, this taboo on childbearing has been explained as a sex (chastity) or blood (cultic impurity). I believe these traditional explanations be faulty inadequate, suggest an alternative approach based the concepts of alterity constructed social identity. By fitting norm their...

The origin of the Arthurian mythos has long engrossed scholars and enthusiasts alike for centuries, and, perhaps, no character bewildered more than Morgan le Fay. Throughout many iterations legend, Fay been characterized in incompatible ways; as both an ally foe to King Arthur Knights Round Table. In Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte Darthur, this juxtaposed characterization is fully established he ...