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Their existences were tied to men (Echo and Narcissus)

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often used to blame men's wrongdoings on (e.g. pandora's box and scylal/circe)

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Either virginal goddesses (hestia, artemis, athena) or about fertility (hera, aphrodite, demeter)

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Often bratty

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in modern times women in mythology and gods are often sexualised to appeal to modern views

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depicted as deities of creation/beauty or destruction throughout different cultures

e.g. sirens, persephone, hel

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women in mythology were powerful and some were widely worshipped by both men and women such as Athena, god of war and wisdom. dynamics between women and men in myths were generally more equal than men and women in real life in Greece and Rome

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often represented as deceitful or cunning, tricksters

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there are often different versions of the same myth where they are villains or victims

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they are often represented in a divine nature, having some sort of supernatural power that ultimately impacts the societies that worship them

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one of the few places where women are represented with power, or represented at all

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Women depicted as either maternal figures, innocent and pure young women, or sexualised and evil.

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Often looked down upon

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origin stories tend to be tragic or they're often wronged

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They are usually depicted as pretty and appealing to men, they normally have powers that are typically more feminized

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women in (greek) mythology were typically painted as the villains (e.g. helen of troy, pandora, circe, medusa, arachne) mainly because they were blessed with skill/beauty beyond men

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often intertwined with female reproductive concepts