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Athena is an armed warrior goddess, and appears in Greek mythology as a helper of many heroes, including Heracles, Jason, and Odysseus. Enyo , a minor war goddess, delights in bloodshed and the destruction of towns, and accompanies Ares —said to be her father, in other accounts her brother—in battles.
Pages in category "Women in Greek mythology" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 293 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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
Female folklore characters (4 C, 2 P) ... Pages in category "Women in mythology" The following 38 pages are in this category, out of 38 total.
Inanna [a] is the ancient Mesopotamian goddess of love, war, and fertility. She is also associated with sensuality, procreation, divine law, and political power.Originally worshipped in Sumer, she was known by the Akkadian Empire, Babylonians, and Assyrians as Ishtar [b] (and occasionally the logogram 𒌋𒁯).
Female legendary characters (4 C, 1 P) Women in mythology (12 C, 38 P) C. Crones (14 P) W. Witches in folklore (7 C, 29 P) Pages in category "Female folklore characters"
'amber'; [ɛː.lék.traː]), is one of the most popular mythological characters in tragedies. [2] She is the main character in two Greek tragedies, Electra by Sophocles and Electra by Euripides. She is also the central figure in plays by Aeschylus, Alfieri, Voltaire, Hofmannsthal, and Eugene O'Neill. [2]
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]