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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.
The histories and legends in Greek mythology may be inspired by warrior women among the Sarmatians. Artemis (Latin Diana) is the Greek goddess of the hunt, daughter of Zeus and Leto and twin sister to Apollo. She is usually depicted bearing a bow and arrows. Atalanta is one of the few mortal heroines in Greek mythology. She possessed great ...
Pages in category "Female legendary creatures" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 211 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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.
Monster Musume manga series by Okayado (2012–present): Many of the female characters are mermaids, centaurs, etc. Seraphina by Rachel Hartman (2012): Seraphina, half-dragon, half-human; The Girl with All the Gifts by M. R. Carey (2014): Melanie, infected with a zombie virus [9] Talon series by Julie Kagawa (2014): Ember, a dragon hiding in ...
A shield-maiden (Old Norse: skjaldmær [ˈskjɑldˌmæːr]) was a female warrior from Scandinavian folklore and mythology. The term Old Norse: skjaldmær most often shows up in fornaldarsögur such as Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks. However, female warriors are also mentioned in the Latin work Gesta Danorum. [1]
[1]: 269 Professor Sherrie Inness in Tough Girls: Women Warriors and Wonder Women in Popular Culture [32] and Frances Early and Kathleen Kennedy in Athena's Daughters: Television's New Women Warriors, [33] for example, focus on figures such as Xena, from the television series Xena: Warrior Princess or Buffy Summers from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Fictional female warriors (5 C, 69 P) A. Amazons (Greek mythology) (6 C, 46 P) Athena (8 C, 31 P) C. Celtic women warriors (1 C, 2 P) G. Germanic women warriors (1 C ...