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Agustina de Aragón ('Agustina, maid of Aragon', also known as "the Spanish Joan of Arc") was a famous Spanish heroine who defended Spain during the Spanish War of Independence, first as a civilian and later as a professional officer in the Spanish Army. She has been the subject of much folklore, mythology, and artwork, including sketches by Goya.
Manto (mythology) Marpessa; Meda (mythology) Medusa; Megalai Ehoiai; Meganeira; Melantho (Odyssey) Melia (mythology) Meliboea of Ephesus; Melite (heroine) Memphis (mythology) Menippe and Metioche; Merope (daughter of Oenopion) Mese (mythology) Mestra; Meta (mythology) Milye; Mnesimache; Moirai; Molione (mythology) Myia (mythology) Myrice ...
Women in Greek mythology (25 C, 294 P) H. Women in Hindu mythology (3 C, 8 P) I. Women in Irish mythology (1 C, 6 P) P. Potiphar's wife archetype in folklore (1 C, 12 ...
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 ...
Tsou mythology Nivnu Kebalan mythology Mutumazu Siraya mythology Takaraenpada Egyptian mythology. Ahti; Amathaunta; Ament (Amentet) Ảmi-khent-āat; Ảmi-pet-seshem ...
This is an index of lists of mythological figures from ancient Greek religion and mythology. List of Greek deities; List of mortals in Greek mythology; List of Greek legendary creatures; List of minor Greek mythological figures; List of Trojan War characters; List of deified people in Greek mythology; List of Homeric characters
A culture hero is a mythological hero specific to some group (cultural, ethnic, religious, etc.) who changes the world through invention or discovery.A typical culture hero might be credited as the discoverer of fire, or agriculture, songs, tradition, law or religion, and is usually the most important legendary figure of a people, sometimes as the founder of its ruling dynasty.
A painting of Deirdre in A book of myths (1915), by Helen Stratton. 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).