The Rewards of Wisdom, Sirach 4,12

THE REWARDS OF WISDOM Those who love her love life; those who seek her out win the LORD’s favor. - Sirach 4,12 http://www.usccb.org/bible/sirach/4

The Rewards of Wisdom, Sirach

THE REWARDS OF WISDOM

Wisdom teaches her children and admonishes all who can understand her.

- Sirach 4,11

http://www.usccb.org/bible/sirach/4

Worriors

Worriors

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Deities

Ares (아레스)	Greek	♂	the god of war
Artemis (아르테미스)	Greek	♀	She is usually depicted as the maiden goddess of the hunt, bearing a bow and arrows.
Athena (아테나)	Greek	♀	Athena is an armed warrior goddess, and appears in Greek mythology as a helper of many heroes, including Heracles, Jason, and Odysseus.
Bellona	Roman	♀	Roman goddess
Freyja	Norse	♀	Freyja is a fertility goddess, the sister of the fertility god Freyr and daughter of the sea god Njörðr. Freyja is also a goddess of war, battle, death, magic, prophecy, and wealth. Freyja is cited as receiving half of the dead lost in battle in her hall Fólkvangr, whereas Odin would receive the other half. Some scholars argue that Freyja, Frigg, and Gefion are avatars of each other. She is also sometimes associated with the Valkyries and disir.
Minerva (미네르바)	Roman	♀	the Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess Athena
Odin (오딘)	Norse	♂	war, wisdom, battle, death, magic, poetry, victory, hunt
Sekhmet	Egyptian	♀	Sekhmet is a warrior goddess depicted as a lioness, the fiercest hunter known to the Egyptians.
Valkyries	Norse	♀	The Valkyries in Norse mythology are female deities, who serve Odin. The name means choosers of the slain or "Chanters of the slain" .
Vishpala	Indian	♀	Vishpala (in The Rigveda) is a warrior queen who, after having lost a leg in battle had an iron prosthesis made. Afterwards, she returned to fight.

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Myth (except Deities)

Amazons (Αμαζόνες)

Greek

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The Amazons (in Greek, Αμαζόνες) are a mythical ancient nation of all-female warriors. Herodotus placed them in a region bordering Scythia in Sarmatia. The histories and legends in Greek mythology may be inspired by warrior women among the Sarmatians.

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History

Hua Mulan	Chinese	♀	Hua Mulan a legendary woman who went to war disguised as a man.
Yim Wing-chun	Chinese	♀	Yim Wing-chun, often cited in Wing Chun legends as the first Wing Chun master.

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Superheros/heroines

Wonder Woman

American

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Wonder Woman, a comic book character based on the Amazon legend

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:War_goddesses
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:War_deities
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Goddesses_by_association
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Deities_by_association

The Vine and the Branches, John

The Vine and the Branches.

It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit that will remain, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he may give you.

- John 15,16

Art, Iris Murdoch

Art is the final cunning of the human soul which would rather do anything than face the gods.

- Iris Murdoch (1919-1999)