Out of the Past

by Meciria

She ruled the world at a time.
Queens, Goddesses… she was called. Power is what she had and a lot of it .

This illustration shaped through an idea based on how women used their power and how they were treated in early 1500-1650. An age fascinated by the troublesome sight of women in power, and in which real queens, female warriors, Olympian goddesses, heroines and seductresses existed as described in Bible, literature and ancient history. . They were the warriors called the “Amazons” of Greek Mythology.

According to the legendary history of Britain, Queen Gwendolen fights her husband Locrinus in battle for the throne of Britain. She defeats him and becomes queen. Can you believe it?

“She hid her tresses under a helmet of Roum, and she mounted a steed of battle and came forth before the walls like to a warrior. And she uttered a cry of thunder, and flung it amid the ranks of Turan, and she defied the champions to come forth to single combat. And none came, for they beheld her how she was strong, and they knew not that it was a woman, and they were afraid..” - old iranian tale