Mary Poppins: Venus in a Blue Coat with Silver Buttons (Webinar)
Price range: $18.00 through $50.00
P.L. Travers wrote, “Myths come, it is true, from the ancient past, but it is no less true that they, like the traditions round which they gather, are constantly being rediscovered, renewed and restated.” Enter Mary Poppins, part-Goddess, part-Celtic Warrior Fey, full-time nanny with a parrot umbrella. Like Venus pulling aside the veil to reveal the work of the gods to Aeneas, Mary Poppins comes to give the Banks an education so that their eyes may be opened to the spiritual world in their everyday, and we, as readers, get to go along for the merry-go-round ride.
In this webinar, Heather Goodman will look at some of the ingredients that went into the Mary Poppins soup, from Persian and Asian myths to Grimms’ fairy tales to Dante. We’ll trace motifs throughout the Mary Poppins books that echo the universal story (including in the hard-to-understand chapter, “Full Moon,” where Jane and Michael visit the midnight zoo), and see how Travers was re-storying the cosmos and turning England rightside-up.
Instructor: Heather Goodman
Meet Time: This webinar will stream live on May 27th, 2026 at 7:00 PM ET, and will be made available as a recording with lifetime access the next day in your HHL customer account.
Individual Price: $18 (Non-Refundable)
Family Price for 3 or more students: $50 (Non-Refundable)
How to access the class: After purchase, the link to the live session as well as the eventual recording of the webinar will be made available in the customer’s HHL account under “My Courses” with lifetime access.
Description
P.L. Travers wrote, “Myths come, it is true, from the ancient past, but it is no less true that they, like the traditions round which they gather, are constantly being rediscovered, renewed and restated.” Enter Mary Poppins, part-Goddess, part-Celtic Warrior Fey, full-time nanny with a parrot umbrella. Like Venus pulling aside the veil to reveal the work of the gods to Aeneas, Mary Poppins comes to give the Banks an education so that their eyes may be opened to the spiritual world in their everyday, and we, as readers, get to go along for the merry-go-round ride.
In this webinar, Heather Goodman will look at some of the ingredients that went into the Mary Poppins soup, from Persian and Asian myths to Grimms’ fairy tales to Dante. We’ll trace motifs throughout the Mary Poppins books that echo the universal story (including in the hard-to-understand chapter, “Full Moon,” where Jane and Michael visit the midnight zoo), and see how Travers was re-storying the cosmos and turning England rightside-up.
Instructor: Heather Goodman
Meet Time: This webinar will stream live on May 27th, 2026 at 7:00 PM ET, and will be made available as a recording with lifetime access the next day in your HHL customer account.
Individual Price: $18 (Non-Refundable)
Family Price for 3 or more students: $50 (Non-Refundable)
How to access the class: After purchase, the link to the live session as well as the eventual recording of the webinar will be made available in the customer’s HHL account under “My Courses” with lifetime access.
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