* The White Lady is a type of female ghost reportedly seen in rural areas and associated with some local legend of tragedy.

A popular legend at the time was of the Amazons, a tribe of fierce female warriors who socialized with men only for procreation and even removed one breast to become better warriors ( the idea being that the right breast would interfere with the operation of a bow and arrow ).

In the legend of Rome's foundation, Romulus and Remus were found there by the lactating female wolf who suckled them until they were found by Faustulus.

The Oxford Dictionary of Popes acknowledges that this legend was widely believed for centuries, even among Catholic circles, but declares that there is " no contemporary evidence for a female Pope at any of the dates suggested for her reign ," and goes on to say that " the known facts of the respective periods make it impossible to fit female Pope in ".

In 1601, Pope Clement VIII declared the legend of the female Pope to be untrue.

He was also reputed to have had a pact with a female demon called Meridiana, who had appeared after he had been rejected by his earthly love, and with whose help he managed to ascend to the papal throne ( another legend tells that he won the papacy playing dice with the Devil ).

Giving Robin an aristocratic title and female love interest, and placing him in the historical context of the true king's absence, all represent moves to domesticate his legend and reconcile it to ruling powers.

In folklore traced back to medieval legend, a succubus ( plural succubi ) is a female demon or supernatural being appearing in dreams, who takes the form of a human woman in order to seduce men, usually through sexual intercourse.

The story tells of a female descendant of the person who hid the stone away uncovering the details of the legend and an attached curse.

The French dramatist Edmond Rostand took the legend of Rudel and Hodierna as the basis for his 1895 verse drama La Princesse lointaine, but reassigned the female lead from Hodierna to her jilted daughter Melisende, played by Sarah Bernhardt.

A third ghostly legend of similarly dubious provenance describes a female spectre periodically walking in a field north-east of the castle, on the gentle slope below Warren House.

** Astraphaios is beyond doubt the planet Venus, as there are gnostic gems with a female figure and the legend ASTAPHE, which name is also used in magic spells as the name of a goddess.

Assyriologist George Smith ( 1840-1876 ) describes the seal as having two facing figures ( male and female ) seated on each side of a tree, holding out their hands to the fruit, while between their backs is a serpent, giving evidence that the Fall of man legend was known in early times of Babylonia.

* Elaine ( legend ), name shared by several different female characters in Arthurian legend

One legend tells of a female servant taking a fancy to her house's kobold and asking to see him.

< p > Ono, an inhabitant of Mino ( says an ancient Japanese legend of A. D. 545 ), spent the seasons longing for his ideal of female beauty.

* A popular legend tells of the Yongzheng Emperor's death at the hands of a female assassin Lü Siniang ( 呂四娘 ), a fictitious granddaughter ( or daughter, in some accounts ) of Lü Liuliang.

According to legend, in 1722, female French colonists gathered in New Orleans at the home of Governor Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, to protest the lack of familiar ingredients.

In the image, the dead and tortured body of Christ spouts water and blood, which are collected by a female figure recognizable as Ecclesia, the Church, in a chalice, that would become entangled with the Holy Grail legend in the future.

However, there are no contemporary references to a female pope ; the legend was apparently created during the 13th century.

Additionally there is a very small chapel called Capela da Generosa which according to legend, was constructed in 1901 by the order of a generous female patron, in memory of Teodoro.

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The legend was that a powerful and loud female creature, Zagorina, guarded mount Pelion and lived in a cave very near the current position of Zagora.

They may correspond to the " shaggy demon of the mountain-pass " ( azabb al -‘ akaba ) of old Arab legend.

According to local legend, this is where Lord Narasimha blessed Prahlada and killed the demon Hiranyakashipa.

He originally appeared in literature as the demon in the Faust legend, and he has since appeared in other works as a stock character version of the Devil.

The second legend ( more popular in western India ) relates to the Vamana avatar of the big three Vishnu, the incarnation he assumed to kill the demon king Bali.

The celebrations are based on the legend of Narakasura Vadha-where Sri Krishna destroyed the demon and the day Narakasura died is celebrated as Deepavali.

A legend grew that while the artillery was being prepared in Edinburgh before the battle, a demon called Plotcock had read out the names of those who would be killed at the Mercat Cross on the Royal Mile.

According to legend he died in torment, having sworn to haunt the nation of Japan as a great demon, and thus became a fearsome tengu with long nails and eyes like a kite's.

According to rabbinic sources, he acquired a reputation as a worker of miracles, and on this ground was sent to Rome as an envoy, where, according to legend, he exorcised from the emperor's daughter a demon who had obligingly entered the lady to enable Rabbi Shimon to effect his miracle.

Other carvings related to the legend of Shiva are also seen in the main hall at strategic locations in exclusive cubicles ; these include Kalyanasundaramurti, depicting Shiva ’ s marriage to the goddess Parvati, Andhakasuravadamurti or Andhakasuramardana, the slaying of the demon Andhaka by Shiva, Shiva-Parvati on Mount Kailash ( the abode of Shiva ), and Ravananugraha, depicting the demon-king Ravana shaking Kailash.

According to one legend, it was even inhabited by the demon Ibaraki Dōji.

According to legend, the trident was created and placed in the pyramids by a sinister cult known as, " The Tribe of Darkness ", and contained their horrid powers and, as a result, it transformed Ganondorf into a demon of horrifying power.

This temple is closely associated with the legend of Shiva slaying the demon Tripurasura associated with the invincible flying citadels Tripuras.

There is also a Bhimashankar temple at Bhimapur hill near Guwahati in Assam where legend holds that a demon by name Bhima who inflicted havoc upon the beings in the area, was slain by Shiva, as he tried to kill a king enaged in Shiva worship.

According to another popular legend in Hindu mythology, after slaying the evil demon Narkasur, Lord Krishna visited his sister Subhadra who gave him a warm welcome with sweets and flowers.

As " Lady Air " she may be associated with the figure of the Akkadian demon " Lil-itu ", thought to have been the origin of the Hebrew Lilith legend.

According to legend, the demon Mahishasura, king of the area that is currently Mysore, was killed by the Goddess Chamundeswari ( also Chamundi ) after a fierce battle.

Mephisto is named after Mephistopheles, the demon in the Faust legend.

AS per legend this shrine too finds its presence since the time of bhasmasur ( the Deadly Asur / demon who got a boon / vardan from lord shiva that whoso ever's head will be touched by him, will be turned into bhasma or ashes. Seeing the powerful effects of this boon he tried to bhasam lord Shiva. Lord shiva kept on hiding from place to place and finally came to this place lord shiva resided here for some time medetating lord vishnu. Finally lord vishnu helped him by killing the demon. The Shrine is filled with amazing ora and one can feel it

In medieval legend, a cambion is a half-human offspring of a demon and a human.

This work is based on a little-known legend about the struggle of the famous samurai with a demon that turned into a young girl.

The legend behind the temple according to local priests is of the Goddess Durga taking the form of 64 demi-goddesses in order to defeat a demon.