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This is category for legendary creatures that are described as female or overwhelmingly female. ... Female spirits (9 C, 3 P) C. Crones (14 P) H. Harpies (2 C, 7 P) M.
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.
Valkyrie – Female spirit that leads souls of dead warriors to Valhalla; Vâlvă – Female nature spirit; Valravn – Supernatural raven; Vampire – Reanimated corpse that feeds on blood; Vanara – Human-ape hybrid; Vântoase – Female weather spirit
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.
Agoa- (American) turtle monster of West Virginian lore centered around the Monongahela River. Name derived from Lenape language word for snake, but creature completely made up by whites. Ammut – female demon, funerary deity and animal hybrid (Egypt) Bakunawa – Serpent-like Dragon in Philippines (Philippines)
Nereid – Female water spirits of Greece. Nix – Germanic/ Scandinavian shape-shifting water spirit. Also Neck, Necken, Nixie, Nocken. Nymph – Female nature spirits. Oceanid – Sea nymphs, the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys. Ogre, ogress – Large, grotesque humanoids. Orcs – Humanoids with grey or green skin and tusks.
Ghosts and spirits of dead girls or women in folklore, legends, and mythology. Note that this category is also inclusive of all kinds of undead women besides ghosts; including revenants , vampires , or zombies .
A banshee (/ ˈ b æ n ʃ iː / BAN-shee; Modern Irish bean sí, from Old Irish: ben síde [bʲen ˈʃiːðʲe], "woman of the fairy mound" or "fairy woman") is a female spirit in Irish folklore who heralds the death of a family member, [1] usually by screaming, wailing, shrieking, or keening.