Vol. 4 No. 1 (2025): Women and Water: The Flow of Matriculture
Book Reviews

Review of Barbara Alice Mann and Kaarina Kailo, The Woman Who Married the Bear: The Spirituality of the Ancient Foremothers

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  • Carla Ionescu
Carla Ionescu
York University
On a stone background, the names of the authors, Barbara Alice Mann and Kaarina Kailo, are at the top. Beneath their names is the first part of the title: The Woman Who Married The Bear. Beneath this is a pictograph rendition of a bear with three human figures inside it, also rendered pictographically; one of the figures is smaller (perhaps a child). Beneath the pictographs is the second part of the title: The spirituality of the ancient foremothers.

Published 2025-03-30

Keywords

  • bear mythology,
  • Matristic societies,
  • Feminist critique,
  • Original Instructions,
  • Ecological wisdom

Copyright (c) 2025 Carla Ionescu (Author)

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How to Cite

Review of Barbara Alice Mann and Kaarina Kailo, The Woman Who Married the Bear: The Spirituality of the Ancient Foremothers. (2025). Matrix: A Journal for Matricultural Studies, 4(1), 155-159. https://doi.org/10.60676/nwgyjb74

Abstract

Barbara Alice Mann and Kaarina Kailo’s The Woman Who Married the Bear is a monumental exploration of ancient spirituality rooted in the relationship between women and bears.

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References

  1. Mann, B. A., & Kailo, K. (2023). The woman who married the bear: The spirituality of the ancient foremothers. Oxford University Press.