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List of women warriors in folklore. The Swedish heroine Blenda advises the women of Värend to fight off the Danish army in a painting by August Malström (1860). 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 ...
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.
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.
Sister and wife of Zeus, queen of the gods. Hermes, messenger of the gods, leads Priam into Achilles' camp in book 24. Iris, messenger of Zeus and Hera. Poseidon, god of the sea and earthquake, brother of Zeus. Curses Odysseus. Scamander, river god who fought on the side of the Trojans during the Trojan War.
There have been various historical accounts of females participating in battle. This article lists instances of women recorded as participating in ancient warfare, from the beginning of written records to approximately 500 CE. Contemporary archaeological research regularly provides better insight into the accuracy of ancient historical accounts.
Alcimede (Greek myth) Alcimede (mother of Jason) Alcyone (daughter of Sciron) Alcyonides. Alexida. Alexirrhoe. Alistra (mythology) Alope. Alphesiboea.
Nana (Bactrian goddess) Nanaya. Nane (goddess) Nantosuelta. Neith. Nemain. Nerio. Nike (mythology) Ninatta and Kulitta.
List of valkyrie names. "Walkyrien" (1905) by Emil Doepler. In Norse mythology, a valkyrie (from Old Norse valkyrja "chooser of the fallen") is one of a host of female figures who decide who will die in battle. Selecting among half of those who die in battle (the other half go to the goddess Freyja 's afterlife field Fólkvangr), the valkyries ...