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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.
Onna-musha (女武者) is a term referring to female warriors in pre-modern Japan, [1] [2] who were members of the bushi class. They were trained in the use of weapons to protect their household, family, and honour in times of war; [ 3 ] [ 4 ] many of them fought in battle alongside samurai men.
Pages in category "Female legendary creatures" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 211 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Female legendary creatures (11 C, 211 P) W. Witches in folklore (7 C, 29 P) Pages in category "Female legendary characters" This category contains only the following ...
Female folklore characters (4 C, 2 P) Female legendary characters (4 C, 1 P) B. Women in the Bible (4 C, 7 P) C. ... Women warriors in literature and culture; Y.
The Roman general, Pompey defeated Scythians fighting for Mithridates VI of Pontus, and in his triumph displayed female warrior rulers among the leaders he defeated. Scythian lifestyle included equality among the sexes, and some women took the opportunities that a warrior lifestyle offered to both men and women. [ 5 ]
Onna-musha, female warriors in feudal Japan; Umemura Sawano, an alleged 16th–17th century female ninja; Mochizuki Chiyome, an alleged 16th-century female ninja in the service of Takeda Shingen. [3] Hatsume no Tsubone, a legendary female ninja; Tsunade, a fictional female ninja from the folktale Jiraiya Gōketsu Monogatari
A shield-maiden (Old Norse: skjaldmær [ˈskjɑldˌmæːr]) was a female warrior from Scandinavian folklore and mythology. The term Old Norse: skjaldmær most often shows up in fornaldarsögur such as Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks. However, female warriors are also mentioned in the Latin work Gesta Danorum. [1]