enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Boudica - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boudica

    Boudica or Boudicca (/ ˈ b uː d ɪ k ə, b oʊ ˈ d ɪ k ə /, from Brythonic *boudi 'victory, win' + *-kā 'having' suffix, i.e. 'Victorious Woman', known in Latin chronicles as Boadicea or Boudicea, and in Welsh as Buddug, pronounced [ˈbɨðɨɡ]) was a queen of the ancient British Iceni tribe, who led a failed uprising against the conquering forces of the Roman Empire in AD 60 or 61.

  3. List of women warriors in folklore - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_women_warriors_in...

    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 Years' War. The only direct ...

  4. List of Irish mythological figures - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Irish_mythological...

    Goll mac Morna - warrior of the Fianna and uneasy ally of Fionn mac Cumhaill; Liath Luachra - Fionn's foster mother and a great warrior; Liath Luachra - tall, hideous warrior of the Fianna who shares his name with Fionn's foster mother; Oisín - son of Fionn mac Cumhaill, warrior of the Fianna and a great poet; Oscar - warrior son of Oisín and ...

  5. Ancient Celtic women - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Celtic_women

    Other female figures from Celtic mythology include the weather witch Cailleach (Irish for 'nun,' 'witch,' 'the veiled' or 'old woman') of Scotland and Ireland, the Corrigan of Brittany who are beautiful seductresses, the Irish Banshee (woman of the Otherworld) who appears before important deaths, the Scottish warrior women Scáthach, Uathach ...

  6. Nemain - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemain

    In Irish mythology, Neman or Nemain (Modern Irish: Neamhan, [1] Neamhain) is the spirit-woman or goddess who personifies the frenzied havoc of war. In the ancient texts where The Morrígan appears as a trio of goddesses — the three sisters who make up the Morrígna [2] [3] [4] — include Macha and Badb; Nemain is strongly associated with Badb with whom she shares a husband, Neit. [5]

  7. List of Celtic deities - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Celtic_deities

    After Celtic lands became Christianised, there were attempts by Christian writers to euhemerize or even demonize most of the pre-Christian deities, while a few others became Saints in the church. The Tuatha Dé Danann of Irish mythology , who were commonly interpreted as divinities or deified ancestors, were downgraded in Christian writings to ...

  8. Category:Celtic women warriors - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Celtic_women_warriors

    Pages in category "Celtic women warriors" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Boudica; O. Onomaris

  9. Celtic Otherworld - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_Otherworld

    [2] [3] An otherworldly woman may invite the hero into the Otherworld by offering an apple or a silver apple branch, or a ball of thread to follow as it unwinds. [3] [4] The Otherworld is usually called Annwn in Welsh mythology and Avalon in Arthurian legend. In Irish mythology it has several names, including Tír na nÓg, Mag Mell and Emain ...