Hamilton (1993–present): Many female characters are vampires, shapeshifters, and other creatures.
#Fire mythical creatures series#
Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series by Laurell K. Le Guin (1990, 2001): Tehanu, part-human and part-dragon Tehanu and The Other Wind by Ursula K. Vampire Princess Miyu by Toshiki Hirano (1989–2002): Miyu, half-human and half-vampire. Nights at the Circus by Angela Carter (1984): Fevvers, a circus performer claims to be part-swan. The Belgariad series by David Eddings (1982–4): Dryads, female human-like creatures, bound to oak trees. Beagle (1974): Lila, a young female werewolf living in New York City Vampirella comic book series, created by Forrest J Ackerman (1969–83): Vampirella, a vampire. Dragonriders of Pern series by Anne McCaffrey (1967–2012): Ramoth and -Ruth-(note: Ruth is actually a male dragon), dragons. Tolkien (1954): Shelob is a gigantic female spider The Great God Pan by Arthur Machen (1894): Helen, the child of the character Mary and the Greek god Pan. Wells (1896): Half-finished puma-woman created by Dr Moreau, who eventually fights and kills him Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu (1871–2): Carmilla, a vampire who preys upon young women. The Succubus by Honoré de Balzac (1837): A succubus disguised as a woman. The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen (1837): The title character is a mermaid. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (1818): Female version of the creature created by Victor Frankenstein – he destroys it before it can be brought to life. Paradise Lost by John Milton (1667): Sin, an allegorical character with the tail of a fish. Roman de Mélusine by Jean d'Arras (1392–94): Mélusine, a water spirit of European folklore. 1220): The Valkyries, female creatures (often depicted as winged) of Norse mythology, who choose which fighters live and die in battle 
700–1000): Grendel's mother, a monster-woman The Sphinx, the head of a woman and the body of a lion, said to have guarded the entrance to the city of Thebes.The Sirens, women combined with birds, whose songs lured sailors to wreck their ships.Scylla and Charybdis, sea monsters living on opposite sides of a narrow strait.Metis, an oceanid and first wife of Zeus.Lamia, a child-eating, disfigured monster.The Harpies, birds with the heads of women.The three Gorgon sisters ( Medusa, Euryale, and Stheno), with hair made of venomous snakes, turn anyone who looks at them to stone.Eurynome, an oceanid and the third wife of Zeus.Electra, an oceanid and mother of the Harpies.
Doris, an oceanid and mother of the Nereids.Callirrhoe, an oceanid and wife of Poseidon.Amphitrite, an oceanid or nereid and wife of Poseidon.This is a list of female monsters in literature:īefore 1900 Antiquity (until fifth century AD) This list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items.
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