Home›Heroines›Historicity›Legendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordBrowse ByLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordThis page groups figures by whether scholars consider them to have actually existed. Wikipedia notes that "the historicity of a claim about the past is its factual status." Browsing by historicity lets a visitor separate a documented historical person from one known only through legend.FactsLearn MoreLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedFigures 1Learn MoreThe 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.Legendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordFilter Results8 entriesPlace of OriginAllGreece (2)India (3)Mesoamerica (1)TraditionAllAncient Greek Religion (2)Hinduism (3)Judaism (2)Maya Religion (1)Veneration StatusAllActively venerated in a living tradition (5)Revered InAllHinduism (1)Islam (1)Judaism (2)Mesoamerican Religion (1)Lifespan Start YearAll-1000 (1)Child OfAllTantalus (1)Manner Of DeathAllTaken up without dying, as the tradition holds (1)GenderAllFemale (8)CanonizationAllFormally canonized (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 8DraupadiLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordEstherLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordMedeaLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordNiobeLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordSavitriLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordSitaLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordThe Queen of ShebaLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordXquicLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 1Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1The Facts on File Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legendtier 1Anthony 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 SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.