Hi, welcome to the Wondrous Women podcast. I’m Helen Pugh and for many years I’ve been researching women throughout history for my books, which include Unsung Women in Somerset, On This Day in Somerset, Jungle-tastic Tales and Inca-tastic Tales.

In this episode, we’ll be looking at times when girls have been worshipped. There'll be no accompanying Patreon episodes for this one and this will be the last episode for the time being. Thanks for your support and understanding.

Sources: Cannington Cemetery: Excavations 1962–3 of prehistoric, Roman, post-Roman, and later features at Cannington Park Quarry, near Bridgwater, Somerset by Philip Rahtz, Sue Hirst and Susan M Wright, The Somerset Village Book by the Somerset Federation of Women’s Institutes, www.cannington.org.uk, somersetheritage.org.uk, Inca Rituals and Sacred Mountains. A Study of the World’s Highest Archaeological Sites by Johan Reinhard and María Constanza Ceruti, neh.gov/project/ice-maiden, penn.museum/sites/expedition/frozen-mummies-of-the-andes/, Inca Mummies: Secrets of a Lost Empire (National Geographic Documentary), From Goddess to Mortal by Rashmila Shakya as told to Scott Berry, Living Child Goddess in Nepal (BBC Our World documentary), nepaleconomicforum.org/the-focus-on-the-past-19-years/, Becoming a deity – a mixed blessing (DW News video), kathmandupost.com/art-culture/2024/11/16/the-untold-story-of-a-kumari-s-mental-well-being, Living Goddess of Nepal to Fin. Analyst: A Journey of Divinity to Resilience (The PVT Show Podcast), npr.org/sections/parallels/2015/05/28/410074105/the-very-strange-life-of-nepals-child-goddess

Hello and welcome to the Wondrous Women podcast! I’m Helen Pugh, and I’m so happy you’ve tuned in. For years, I’ve been on a quest to uncover the hidden stories of remarkable women from history, stories that have inspired my books, including Unsung Women in Somerset, On This Day in Somerset, Jungle-tastic Tales, and Inca-tastic Tales.

This episode is the story of Malgarida.

Hi, welcome to the Wondrous Women podcast. Thanks for tuning in. I’m Helen Pugh and for many years I’ve been researching women throughout history for my books, which include Unsung Women in Somerset, On This Day in Somerset, Jungle-tastic Tales and Inca-tastic Tales.

In this episode, we’ll be looking at a political leader from the Inca Empire. Her name was Contarhuacho (also spelt Contarguacho) and she was born in Tocash in the modern-day province of Huaylas in Peru around the year 1500.

To find out more about my books, you can head to Patreon or to Linktree, specifically linktr.ee/helenpugh. There are books for kids and adults, books in Spanish and in English. The books include On This Day in Somerset, Unsung Women in Somerset, Jungle-tastic Tales and Inca-tastic Tales. And once again thanks for listening.