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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.
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Women warriors in literature and culture This page was last edited on 5 October 2023, at 22:20 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
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.
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 ...
Holden - English name meaning "from the deep valley," with warrior-like overtones. 69. Ignatius - This Latin name means "fiery one" or "of fire," evoking passion and strength.
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 ...
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