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Iron Maiden, a British heavy metal band, often shortened to "Maiden" Maiden, the first of the three aspects of the Triple Goddess (Neopaganism) Maiden, the author abbreviation for Joseph Maiden; MaiDen, the alternative name of the fictional supercouple AlDub on a Philippine TV show; Maiden, a documentary film by Alex Holmes
A miko , or shrine maiden, [1] [2] is a young priestess [3] who works at a Shinto shrine. Miko were once likely seen as shamans , [ 4 ] but are understood in modern Japanese culture to be an institutionalized [ 5 ] role in daily life, trained to perform tasks, ranging from sacred cleansing [ 4 ] to performing the sacred Kagura dance.
Name Name meaning Referred to as a valkyrie in Brynhildr "Armor battle" or "bright battle" [6] Skáldskaparmál: Eir "Peace, clemency" [7] or "help, mercy" [8] Nafnaþulur: Geirahöð
When a person (traditionally the wife in many cultures) assumes the family name of their spouse, in some countries that name replaces the person's previous surname, which in the case of the wife is called the maiden name ("birth name" is also used as a gender-neutral or masculine substitute for maiden name), whereas a married name is a family name or surname adopted upon marriage.
The term Shield-maiden is a calque of the Old Norse: skjaldmær.Since Old Norse has no word that directly translates to warrior, but rather drengr, rekkr and seggr can all refer to male warrior and bragnar can mean warriors, it is problematic to say that the term meant female warrior to Old Norse speakers.
The Annunciation by Murillo, 1655–1660, Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg. A handmaiden (nowadays less commonly handmaid or maidservant) is a personal maid or female servant. [1]
Rhian (English: / ˈ r iː ən / REE-ən) is a feminine given name, a variation of rhiain, the common Welsh word for "maiden". [2] Rhian (English: // Rː-ian is sometimes used, albeit rarely, as a male name, possibly a modern spelling variant of Ryan. [3]
The word virgin comes via Old French virgine from the root form of Latin virgo, genitive virginis, meaning literally "maiden" or "virgin" [12] The words virgino (“female virgin”) and virgulo (literally "virgin person" but often used for a male virgin) are hyponyms. [citation needed]