This page groups figures by whether they have been through, or are considered for, an official canonization process. Wikipedia notes that canonization is "the official act of a Christian communion declaring a person worthy of public veneration and entering their name in the canon catalogue of saints." Browsing by canonization lets a visitor separate a figure formally declared a saint from one venerated only informally.
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The heroines
This group gathers heroines, the great women of myth and legend whose courage, wisdom or suffering carries a tradition's story, standing among its central figures alongside its heroes.
The browser will find the figure or figures the atlas classes here. The entries describe each heroine's legend and place in the tradition that remembers her.
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Sources
1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Tree
Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
The Facts on File Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend
Anthony S. Mercatante, revised and expanded by James R. Dow, Facts on File, 2004Heroines across world myth and legend, the central women figures of a tradition's storyView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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