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1. She waited for twenty years for her husband to return from a long voyage but in the meantime she had to raise their son and fight off countless suitors. Eventually she told the suitors she would decide on one of them when she finished weaving a shroud but she undid the stitches every night.
2. Blessed with the six gifts of womanhood she married a great warrior. When she discovered that her husband had been having a month long affair with another woman she confronted him with fifty of her maidens armed with knives but she did not kill them, instead she said sadly, 'What's new is sweet and what is old is sour'. The mistrees realised that the man had found his soulmate already and left.
3. One of the most famous gods, she ruled over wisdom, war and victory. She gave the Greeks an olive tree so they named Athens after her.
4. Her husband was killed by his own brother and she searched the world looking for his body. When she found it she could breath life into it for only a moment and became pregnant with his son. She raised him alone (her husband became king of the Underworld) and in exile.
5. A powerful group of warrior women that voluntarily cut off their right breasts to make hunting (using a bow and arrow) easier.
6. In Greek mythology she is the queen of the Gods and is represented by a peacock.
7. She governs truth, justice and harmony. When a mortal dies their heart is measured against a feather (her symbol) meaning purity.
8. A famous God fell in love with her but when she refused his advances he blessed her with the gift of prophecy that would always be correct but cursed her with never being believed. She foretold the downfall of Troy.
9. A Hindu mother goddess that is the personification of the earth and is also said to embody unlimited light, consciousness and unity.
10. In Greek mythology she is the virgin goddess of the wild and hunting. She was usually accompanied by nymphs.
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