Deirdre
Tragic protagonist of the early medieval Ulster cycle
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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The woman who tricked the Flying Head
In both Iroquois and Wyandot traditions, Flying Heads are ravenous spirits cursed with an insatiable hunger.
Dagwanoenyent
Iroquois daughter of the Wind who often took the form of a whirlwind
Mooninguggahgul
Aboriginal Australian story
Zelinda
Italian folk tale
Snow White and Rose Red
German fairy tale
Yemọja
Yoruba water orisha of the oceans and rivers
Catalina of Dumaguete
Heroine of the island of Negros in the Philippines
Camilla, Queen of the Volscians
Amazon queen of the Volscians
Atalanta
Greece The following is excerpted from “Female Warriors: Memorials of Female Valour and Heroism, from the Mythological Ages to the Present Era,” by Ellen C. Clayton (Mrs. Needham), published in […]