She attended the Girls ' Latin School of Chicago ( describing herself as an average student ), graduated in 1939, and later attended Smith College in Massachusetts, where she majored in English and drama and graduated in 1943.

She attended the private girls ' school Brearley School in New York City and majored in music at Wellesley College.

She majored in Theater Arts and Education.

She received her bachelor's degree from the University of Texas at Austin, where she majored in history.

" She majored in engineering at Berkeley before switching to English.

She then majored in political science at the University of Illinois at Chicago, graduating in 1969 and earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Chicago Law School in 1972.

She majored in biology.

She majored in theater at the University of Wisconsin – Madison and later studied at the Yale School of Drama for her graduate degree and was a part of its theater company.

She majored in independent studies, which included Philosophy, Natural History, and Physics.

She graduated from New York University, where she majored in English, dramatic arts and speech.

She then attended Hunter College and double majored in history and drama.

She received a scholarship to attend Vassar College where she majored in history.

She majored in philosophy.

She later attended Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, where she majored in chemistry.

She first traveled to France as an undergraduate at UC Berkeley, where she majored in French Cultural Studies, and immediately was drawn to the food and market culture around her.

She majored in theater at Wesleyan University, worked in summer stock productions during vacations, and graduated in 1978.

She attended Malone University and Ashland University, where she majored in radio / television production, programming and performance and minored in political science.

She majored in English at the University of Delaware.

She majored in Victorian Studies at Vassar College.

She attended Sarah Lawrence College and majored in philosophy and art.

She majored in Economics at the Fergusson College, Pune.

She later attended Yale University where, as a student in Jonathan Edwards College, she majored in history and earned her bachelor's degree in 1977.

She majored in dance at Cal State Long Beach but left after one year to devote her time to work and theater.

She double majored in mathematics and music performance.

She survived in Greek folklore as the consort of Dionysos, with whom she was worshiped in some local cults.

She can be viewed as a transitional figure in her field, redirecting both anthropology and folklore away from the limited confines of culture-trait diffusion studies and towards theories of performance as integral to the interpretation of culture.

She is commonly known by her nickname Granuaile in Irish folklore, and a historical figure in 16th century Irish history, and is sometimes known as " The Sea Queen of Connaught ".

She then attended University of Vilnius to pursue graduate studies in archaeology under Jonas Puzinas, linguistics, ethnology, folklore and literature.

She began to write at a very early age, and was strongly influenced by Grimms ' Fairy Tales and the tales of Charles Perrault, as well as local folklore and Norse mythology.

She lived with her elder son in poverty, supplementing their meagre income by writing for fashionable magazines and books based on the researches of her late husband into Irish folklore.

She taught literature and folklore at Laval, then in Montreal between 1971 to 1976.

She is one of the most important deities in Lithuanian folklore, similar to ancient Greek Ananke ( mythology ) and Moirai when Laima appears in trinity.

She has sought out hitherto unpublished folklore and legends of the different provinces.

She is known as Tallemaja ( pine tree Mary ) in Swedish folklore, and Ulda in Sámi folklore.

She had been introduced to their folklore at a very young age by her Afro-Cuban nanny and Afro-Cuban seamstress.

She may be a figure borrowed from folklore, and though she is often associated with the Irish Medb in popular culture and has been suggested by Thomas Keightley ( historian ) to be from Habundia, a more likely origin for her name would be from Mabel and the Middle English derivative " Mabily " ( as used by Chaucer ) all from the Latin " amabilis ".

She learned about 400 songs, together with the oral folklore that went with them.

She lectured in folklore and gave talks in schools.

She studied folklore and mythology at Brown University, and has a Masters degree in Religious Studies.

She appears to be related to the mythical figure Mélusine in French folklore.

She records and performs primarily her own original songs, which draw their inspiration from the mythology, folklore and history of various Celtic and non-Celtic cultures.

She bears some resemblance to the bakeneko of Japanese folklore.