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  2. List of women warriors in folklore - Wikipedia

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    The female warrior samurai Hangaku Gozen in a woodblock print by Yoshitoshi (c. 1885). The peasant Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc) led the French army to important victories in the Hundred Years' War. The only direct portrait of Joan of Arc has not survived; this artist's interpretation was painted between AD 1450 and 1500.

  3. List of Amazons - Wikipedia

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    Reconstruction of the late antique Hunting Amazons mosaic. The Amazons were a group or race of female warriors in Ancient Greek mythology. Most of them are only briefly named in one or two sources, either as companions of Penthesilea at the Trojan War, or as being killed by Heracles during his 12 labours.

  4. List of valkyrie names - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Amazons - Wikipedia

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    Sources provide names of individual Amazons, that are referred to as queens of their people, even as the head of a dynasty. Without a male companion, they are portrayed in command of their female warriors. Among the most prominent Amazon queens were: Otrera, daughter of the nymph Harmonia and god of war, Ares.

  6. Women in ancient warfare - Wikipedia

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    The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women across the Ancient World (Princeton University Press, 2014) online review; Toler, Pamela D. Women warriors: An unexpected history (Beacon Press, 2019). Wilde, Lyn Webster. On the trail of the women warriors: The Amazons in myth and history (Macmillan, 2000).

  7. Women warriors in literature and culture - Wikipedia

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    The woman warrior is part of a long tradition in many different cultures including Chinese and Japanese martial arts films, but their reach and appeal to Western audiences is possibly much more recent, coinciding with the greatly increased number of female heroes in American media since 1990.

  8. 75 Names That Mean Warrior for a Kid Who Comes Out Kicking - AOL

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    This adorable Scottish name has a surprisingly fearsome meaning of “dark warrior.” 64. Ptolemy. Pronounced TAH-leh-mee. This one is an Ancient Greek classic with a meaning of “warlike.” 65 ...

  9. Lists of Greek mythological figures - Wikipedia

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    This is an index of lists of mythological figures from ancient Greek religion and mythology. List of Greek deities; List of mortals in Greek mythology; List of Greek legendary creatures; List of minor Greek mythological figures; List of Trojan War characters; List of deified people in Greek mythology; List of Homeric characters