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  2. Ancient Celtic women - Wikipedia

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    Other female figures from Celtic mythology include the weather witch Cailleach (Irish for 'nun,' 'witch,' 'the veiled' or 'old woman') of Scotland and Ireland, the Corrigan of Brittany who are beautiful seductresses, the Irish Banshee (woman of the Otherworld) who appears before important deaths, the Scottish warrior women Scáthach, Uathach ...

  3. Scáthach - Wikipedia

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    Scáthach (Irish: [ˈsˠkaːhəx]) or Sgàthach (Scottish Gaelic: Sgàthach an Eilean Sgitheanach) is a figure in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. She is a legendary Scottish warrior woman and martial arts teacher who trains the legendary Ulster hero Cú Chulainn in the arts of combat.

  4. List of Irish mythological figures - Wikipedia

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    Goll mac Morna - warrior of the Fianna and uneasy ally of Fionn mac Cumhaill; Liath Luachra - Fionn's foster mother and a great warrior; Liath Luachra - tall, hideous warrior of the Fianna who shares his name with Fionn's foster mother; Oisín - son of Fionn mac Cumhaill, warrior of the Fianna and a great poet; Oscar - warrior son of Oisín and ...

  5. List of women warriors in folklore - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  6. Carman - Wikipedia

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    In Celtic mythology, Carman (Carmán) or Carmun was a warrior and sorceress from Athens who tried to invade Ireland in the days of the Tuatha Dé Danann, along with her three sons, Dub ("darkness"), Dother ("evil") and Dian ("violence"). She used her magical powers to destroy all the fruit of Ireland.

  7. List of Celtic deities - Wikipedia

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    The Celtic deities are known from a variety of sources such as written Celtic mythology, ancient places of worship, statues, engravings, religious objects, as well as place and personal names. Celtic deities can belong to two categories: general and local.

  8. Boii - Wikipedia

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    The 'warrior' derivation was adopted by the linguist Julius Pokorny, who presented it as being from Indo-European *bhei(ə)-, *bhī-, 'hit'; however, not finding any Celtic names close to it (except for the Boii), he adduces examples somewhat more widely from originals further back in time: phohiio-s-, a Venetic personal name; Boioi, an ...

  9. Category:Celtic women warriors - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Celtic women warriors" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Boudica; O. Onomaris