Twelve myths and legends celebrate the courage of heroines from around the world as they confront and defeat dragons, monsters, wolves, demons, and even the sun.

Chi and the Seven-headed Dragon : Chinese legend -- Inanna and the Box of Monsters : Sumerian myth -- The Wolf in the Bed : French folktale -- Telesilla and the Gates of Argos : Greek legend -- Durga and the Demon : Indian myth -- Kopecho and the Two Suns : Venezuelan legend -- Mbango and the Whirlpool : Cameroonian folktale -- Hervor and the Cursed Sword : Norse legend -- Visiting Baba Yaga : Russian folktale -- Aliquipiso and the Cliffs : American Indian legend -- Tokoyo and the Skin Rope : Japanese legend -- The Giant's Heart : Scottish folktale.