Lamia
Demon found in Greek mythology who devoured children and seduced men.
Category Archives: Myths and Folktales
Women have been depicted as goddesses, creatures, biblical figures, legends and folk tale heroines throughout history – many based in a grain of truth.
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Kali
Hindu goddess of death, time, and doomsday
Mary
Mother of Jesus in Judeo-Christian religions
Deborah
Female judge from the Judeo-Christian Bible
The Three Sisters
Italian folk tale
The Mórrigan
Warrior-queen goddess in Irish-Celtic mythology
Šauška
Hurrian-Hittite goddess of fertility, war, and healing
Tara
Tara is a female deity in both Hinduism and Buddhism who personifies compassion and offers salvation from the suffering of rebirth and death.
Bhramari
Indian goddess
Manananggal
A vampire, almost always female, she is depicted as a terrifying being with large wings who walks on earth until she spies her prey and then detaches her torso from her legs to fly quickly and attack.