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Octavia - Warrior Latin name meaning "the eighth," powerful position. 144. Opal - Resilient name derived from the gemstone – one of a kind and very strong. 145. Oria - Variation of the Orion ...
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 ...
Einar, a race of dwarves in the Dragonlance fiction. Einar, a slave in the Vinland Saga manga series by Makoto Yukimura. Einar Danaan, called the Autumn King, a character in the fantasy series Crescent City written by Sarah J. Maas. Einar, an artificially intelligent fisherman in the fantasy game Palia by Singularity6.
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.
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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] Both the fornaldarsögur and Gesta ...
The Infernal Names. Abaddon — (Hebrew) the destroyer. Adramelech —Samarian devil. Ahpuch — Mayan devil. Ahriman — Mazdean devil. Amon — Egyptian ram-headed god of life and reproduction. Apollyon —Greek synonym for Satan, the arch fiend. Asmodeus —Hebrew devil of sensuality and luxury, originally "creature of judgment".