About this Event
The image of a water-dwelling, fire-breathing, winged Snake or Dragon is central to mythology across much of the world. If we want to see the dragon still vibrant and acted out in ritual, the place to look is Australia – the only continent which, until recently, was entirely populated by hunter-gatherers. Here, stories about an immense snake are integral to male initiation rites. These stories are quite explicit that it was by synchronizing their menstrual cycles that ancestral women first conjured up the all-enveloping, all-swallowing Snake. It was their ability to synchronize which unleashed women’s power over land and sea and it was this cosmic power which men had to wrest from women if they were to establish their own rule
Chris is speaking LIVE in the Daryll Forde, 2nd Floor of the UCL Anthropology Dept, you can just turn up at UCL. You can also join us on ZOOM (if no more spaces, join waitlist to get links, there is plenty of room!)
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Daryll Forde Seminar Room,, Anthropology Building, 14 Taviton St, off Gordon Sq.,, London, United Kingdom