Woman Warriors

[tamarinne]

I'm doing some research trying to find stories of historical/mythological woman warriors that would make good one-act plays. Does anyone have any favorites that I should look at? So far I've been thinking about Bradamante from the Charlemagne stories (*sigh* Bradamante, you're my hero!) but would love to hear other suggestions.

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[herooftheage.livejournal.com]

One place to start looking is Encyclopedia Mythica.

[reedrover]

Oh! How cool! Have you looked here? http://www.lothene.demon.co.uk/others/women.html (general history)
http://www.koryu.com/library/wwj1.html (Japan)

[tamarinne.livejournal.com]

Sweet! Thanks for the great links - I loved the stories of the Japanese warriors!

[carneggy.livejournal.com]

Granuaile/Graine Ni Maille (Grace O'Malley), the Irish pirate has a fairly famous story; in her later years she ended up meeting Queen Elizabeth I face-to-face to plead for leniency for her decades of preying on English ships...

The legends of Aife and Scathach, a pair of opposed female warrior chiefs, are tied into the Irish Cuchullainn legends as well; lots of sources exist about those names/stories.