Trouble on Her Account

The nine women in these stories (Agnes, Bloudeuwedd, Brigit, Broudica, Derdriu, Medb, Nimue, Rhiannon, and Scaahach come from various Celtic backgrounds. For these nine women, as for many modern women, freedom of choice seems part of what was found worthy of risk, whether it was the choice to love, to make independent decisions, to participate in a world of moral vagaries, to excel in male-dominated arenas, to refuse subjugation, or to confound fear and doubt.