What a wonderful collection of short stories - really great read and put down, come back later for more. The stories are from around the world which I particularly liked. All are very well written, easy to get into, leave you with things to think about.
Highly recommended.

I love this little volume of Winter Solstice tales from diverse cultures around the world. I believe that exploring the rich symbolism of the Yuletide season helps to make this joyful time of year come more fully to life. These clever stories are sure to further your understanding of the meanings of the holiday celebrations you have enjoyed all your life, adding new dimension to your future celebrations. They offer an opportunity to increase your sense of oneness with others who may worship and believe differently from yourself but who are none-the-less your sisters and brothers. There are tables at the back of this book which have short ritual ideas to use in your own celebrations and revels as well as some clever lyric revisions to well-known carols that put a Winter Solstice spin on them. I am a Wiccan Priestess and have used this book in crafting an annual public, ecumenical Yule ritual with great success. I recommend it for fireside reading as you wait up to greet the new born light.

I desperately wanted to like this book. I think that books like this are vital and need to be written. I love stories of the goddess and fairy tales in general. When they miss their mark, however, it is very disappointing.

The premise is excellent - retellings and new stories of the goddess prefaced with an introduction to each story. While there are one or two gems, most of the stories are either just fair or feel incomplete. All of the stories are very short - just a few pages each - some only two pages. Those stories feel like they are missing a bridge or link to what the author is trying to convey. Some of the stories do not follow conventional mythology (like referring to Horus as Osiris) and that can be very confusing if you have a strong background in mythology. The stories that worked best for me were the ones where I was not familiar with the goddess or culture.

The stories were meant to be read aloud. I think they lose something in simply reading them. It would be interesting if the author put out an audio tape and presented her work as it was meant to be enjoyed.

This book is utterly fabulous! A wonderful selection of Goddess Myth stories from around the world that cross cultural and linguistic barriers.

A wonderful gift to give yourself, a child, or any adult. Highly recommended.

_The Storyteller's Goddess_ makes a wonderful addition to any Goddess-lover's library. Carolyn Edwards adapts many Goddess myths from around the world, shaping them into brief stories that read more like fairy tales than religion. It works wonderfully; Edwards' stories touch a reader's heart more deeply than a hundred dogmatic, left-brained Goddess books could ever do.