Pluto Squares, Pain & Dreams
There are various theories for the symbolism and metaphorical interpretations around Sleeping Beauty and one of these intersects with myths like Persephone's, both involving maidens taken into an underworld—Persephone against her will into Hades, the actual underworld, and Sleeping Beauty spends near 100 years (in at least one version of the tale) in Pluto's domain of dreams.
A Story About the Milky Way
Today, my folklore studies led me to read a beautiful tale from South Africa. I found it in Fearless Girls, Wise Women & Beloved Sisters by Kathleen Ragan through a Fairytale Heroines course I'm taking with the Carterhaugh School of Folklore and the Fantastic.