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*** And then, ''after'' he was dead, he cut of the hand of the guy who killed him.
* And before Cuchulainn, there was Fionn mac Cumhaill. Ireland's version of King Arthur, complete with his own band of Bad Asses, the Fianna.
* Sticking with the [[Celtic Mythology|Celts]], how about the [[King Arthur|Arthur]] himself? He, [[One-Man Army|Cai]], [[Handicapped Badass|Bedwyr]] and the [[Loads and Loads of Characters|rest]] of his [[Badass Crew]] spend most of their time inconveniencing witches, giants and massive lions by killing them. Because that's how they roll.
** And sticking with the [[Land of My Fathers and Their Sheep|Welsh]], how about [[Magic Knight|Gwydion]], [[Complete Monster|Efnisien]] and [[Our Giants Are Bigger|Bendigeidfran]]?
* In [[Egyptian Mythology]], the god of desert and storms, Seth, even if [[Hijacked by Jesus]] in modern times in real Egyptian myth was a pretty badass dude, being Ra's top enforcer and warrior. Guess who kicks [[Eldritch Abomination|the Demon Serpent Apophis]]'s ass ''every night'' and ensures the the sun can rise again?
** In one of their clashes, Horus Challenged Seth to a race on stone ships...Seth built his one by ''Carving a MOUNTAIN with his mace''.
** [[Badass Princess|Hathor]] was another badass deity, the only [[Action Girl|action goddess]] able to kick Chaos demons's asses, who [[Took a Level
* Coming in from China, the Eight Immortals who, according to legend, founded a kung fu style had a number of stories about how [[Badass]] they were. For example, one got so drunk that he passed out and got ''mauled by a tiger'' for a while before waking up and punching the tiger to death.
* Heracles from Greece is tough enough that the gods kick him off Argo because the epic adventure of the age apparently wouldn't be challenging enough for him. Instead he goes off to perform his Twelve Labors, during which he kills an invulnerable monster, holds up the sky for a while, frees Prometheus, steals the guard dog from Hades, and mucks out some stables... by redirecting the course of a river.
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