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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.
Female legendary creatures (11 C, 211 P) W. Witches in folklore (7 C, 29 P) ... Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; ...
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
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 .
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 ]
Female legendary characters (4 C, 1 P) B. ... List of women warriors in folklore; ... Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; ...
The game's main character can be a male or female (choice of gender at game start) named Eivor Varinsson/Varinsdottir who is the leader of the Raven Clan alongside their adoptive brother Sigurd Styrbjornsson. However, canonically the character is female and known as Eivor Varinsdottir, a shield-maiden.
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.