page_title: List of women warriors in folklore
section_title: Americas
hierarchical_section_title: List of women warriors in folklore / Americas
caption_attribution_description: English: A drawing of Itzpapalotl, one of the deities described in the Codex Borgia Español: Ilustración de Itzpapálotl, diosa del sacrificio y de la guerra, patrona de la muerte y de los demonios celestiales, custodia del paraíso Tamoanchan. Una de las deidades descritas en el Códice Borgia.
context_page_description: This is a list of women who engaged in war, found throughout mythology and folklore, studied in fields such as literature, sociology, psychology, anthropology, film studies, cultural studies, and women's studies. A mythological figure does not always mean a fictional one, but rather, someone of whom stories have been told that have entered the cultural heritage of a people. Some women warriors are documented in the written record and as such form part of history. However, to be considered a warrior, the woman in question must have belonged to some sort of military, be it recognized, like an organized army, or unrecognized, like revolutionaries.
caption: Depiction of the Aztec goddess Itzpapalotl from the Codex Borgia.
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