reading notes: seven secrets of the goddess, part a

For part A, I have watched first and second secrets. The first video talked a lot about how common it is in mythologies for male deities to abuse female deities who were once well-adorned. To keep my story accurate with common mythologies, I may throw an abusive man into my heroine story. I plan to use a character like Kronos in my storybook who will plan to take down Abahya. Ultimately, Abahya will take down Kronos, showcasing the woman-centered societies that the first video also talks about.
In the second video, there was a specific type of mythical creature mentioned that I would like to incorporate into my storybook. The creature is called a pitr, and it hangs upside down like a bat. Pitrs hang in the land of the dead, where I want Abahya to go. There, a pitr will prey upon her and attempt to make her his wife so he can father children. Yet again, Abahya will escape the man.

(Image Information: Agastya, a pitr, giving Rama a sword circa
1830 obtained from Images and PDE Epics)

Bibliography: Devdutt Pattanaik, Seven Secrets of the Goddess.

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