APHRODITE, Greece: the girl who created the world * ISIS, Egypt: the emo who flooded the Nile * HECATE, Greece: the whizz who put Zeus into a spin * INANNA, Iraq: the daughter who ruled the world * MULAN, China: the cross-dressing warrior * BABA YAGA, Russia: the notso-fair-y godmother * PARVATI, India: the mother of many names * MAYAHEUL, Mexico: the sleepyhead with infinite energy * NANGSA, Tibet: the teen who was forced to marry * OSUN, Nigeria: the missing link * AMATERASU, Japan: the sister no-one can live without * SIMORG, Iran: the bird who renewed the earth * BRIDE, Ireland: the shapeshifting ancestor