Tenar

Tenar
"The Eaten One", Wife, Mother, Farmholder
from The Tombs of Atuan, Tales from Earthsea, Tehanu by Ursula K. Le Guin
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The young priestess in The Tombs of Atuan, whose life as a woman in a sexist society was further explored in Tehanu.