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The Harpies, birds with the heads of women; Lamia, a child-eating, disfigured monster; Metis, an oceanid and first wife of Zeus; The Nereids, oceanids; Scylla and Charybdis, sea monsters living on opposite sides of a narrow strait; The Sirens, women combined with birds, whose songs lured sailors to wreck their ships
Female evil spirits or malicious monsters in folklore, legends, and mythology. These monstrous women are often portrayed as predatory creatures, who are usually seen seducing male humans or snatching young children in order to kill, eat, or otherwise harm them.
1.1.14 X-Men villains. 1.1.15 Other Marvel villains. 1.2 DC Comics. ... This is a list of female supervillains that can be found in American comic books and ...
Lady Deathstrike appears as a boss in X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse, voiced by Kim Mai Guest. [61] This version is an associate of Apocalypse. Lady Deathstrike appears as a boss in X-Men: The Official Game, voiced by Vyvan Pham. [61] This version is a student of the Silver Samurai and agent of HYDRA.
Female villains depicted in literature. Villains are often defined by their acts of selfishness, stupidity, evilness, craziness, cruelty, and cunning. They display immoral behavior that can oppose or pervert justice.
Pages in category "Female legendary creatures" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 212 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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 Connected to the Old Norse words geirr ("spear") and höð ("battle"). [9] Appears in some manuscripts of Grímnismál in place of the valkyrie name Geirölul [9 ...
Ghosts and spirits of dead girls or women in folklore, legends, and mythology. Note that this category is also inclusive of all kinds of undead women besides ghosts; including revenants , vampires , or zombies .