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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 ...
Bunyip, mythical creature said to lurk in swamps, billabongs, creeks, riverbeds, and waterholes; Chinny-kinik, a cannibal giant of the Murraylands; Mar'rallang, twin sisters who share a name and whose exploits are immortalized in the night sky in Ngarrindjeri stories; Minka Bird bird that foretells death among the Ngarrindjeri of Murray River
Rhiannon (Welsh pronunciation: [r̥iˈan.ɔn]) is a major figure in Welsh mythology, appearing in the First Branch of the Mabinogi, and again in the Third Branch. Ronald Hutton called her "one of the great female personalities in World literature", adding that "there is in fact, nobody quite like her in previous human literature". [2]
The Lady of the Lake (French: Dame du Lac, Demoiselle du Lac, Welsh: Arglwyddes y Llyn, Cornish: Arlodhes an Lynn, Breton: Itron al Lenn, Italian: Dama del Lago, Vietnamese: Hồ trung yêu nữ) is a title used by multiple characters in the Matter of Britain, the body of medieval literature and mythology associated with the legend of King Arthur.
Deirdre (/ ˈ d ɪər d r ə,-d r i / DEER-drə, -dree, Irish: [ˈdʲɛɾˠdʲɾʲə]; Old Irish: Derdriu [ˈdʲerʲðrʲĭŭ]) is a tragic heroine in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. She is also known by the epithet "Deirdre of the Sorrows" (Irish: Deirdre an Bhróin). Deirdre is a prominent figure in Irish legend.
Herobrine is an urban legend and creepypasta from the video game Minecraft, originating from an anonymous post on the imageboard website 4chan in 2010. He is depicted as a version of the Minecraft character Steve, but with solid white eyes that lack pupils. In numerous iterations, Herobrine has possessed several different unnatural abilities ...
Étaín - heroine of Tochmarc Étaíne; Lir - god of the sea; Lugh - legendary hero and High King of Ireland, god of leadership, skills, the sun, and alliances, associated with friends. Maine mac Darthacht - owner of a cloak fastened by eight stones; Manannán mac Lir - god of the sea, like his father Lir; Nuada Airgetlám - first king of the ...
Jareth - King of the Goblins from Jim Henson's Labyrinth, who changes forms and uses magic to cajole the story's heroine through a series of puzzles. Jerry - The mischievous mouse who constantly plays tricks on the tomcat from the show Tom and Jerry. Joker - The main protagonist of Persona 5 and leader of The Phantom Thieves of Hearts.