[[buck-2.24-female]] # Women Female Mortals - [[klein-et2017-20]] PIE Terms - PIE`(h1e)sor-` - PIE `su̯esor-` "sister" [395] denoting the ‘female person of the same clan’ (if not from su̯ e-h1esh2r/n- ‘of the same blood’) - perhaps Hera (Willi 2010) - PIE `gᵘ̯en(h₂)` - Skt. `jáni-, gnā́-` ## Culture [[cultural-norm--women-support-male-violence]] ## Anglo-Saxon • Considered a freoðuwebbe "weaver of peace" • Given in marriage as a part of a peace treaty • Queens had a reputation for influencing their husbands • Royal women would enter the hall bearing a drinking vessel and bring it to the king/the guests, giving the women a change to praise and placate. • The queen would make public speeches of advise to her husband on political and family alliances • The queen would bestow gifts on warriors (Beowulf) • Would carry the drinking vessels between men since they lacked flat bottoms The political acumen of Raedwald's queen recorded by Bede shows that England had a tradition of female guidance in matters of policy and belief which was active in early seventh century East Anglia. By the end of the seventh century, 'widowed queens and princesses became the religious specialists of the royal houses (Yorke). Women continued to influence the ideological posture of the English kingdom up to the 10th century reform, mainly through their sex-appeal according to Karkov.  Sources The Cross Goes North ## Norse The spiritual authority of women is advanced here as an ancestral role which survived conversion and only turned sour after the church became institutionalized in the twelfth century (Gräslund). From The Cross Goes North Ed. Martin Carvere ## Women Poets [[bozzone2016]]