Tag Archives: In Search of the Swan Maiden

Swan Maidens, Dragon Maids, and Screwing with Gendered Expectations

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Gather round, gang! Like I did a few posts ago with The Cauldron of Story, it’s time to take some literary theory I’ve come across in my research and apply it to modern media—in this case, Barbara Fass Leavy’s weighty and extensive discussion of folklore about supernatural marriages, and an overtly cute anime about a dragon who is also a maid.

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