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* [[Older Than Feudalism]]: This happens at least a few times in [[Greek Mythology]]:
** Amazon Queen Hippolyta and Heracles. [[All Amazons Want Hercules]], after all.
** Atalanta, who would only marry a man who could defeat her in a foot race. The losers were executed. Eventually, Aphrodite got sick of Atalanta's attitude and gave the next competitor [[How Do You Like Them Apples?|three golden apples]] with which to cheat. Every time Atalanta got ahead, he threw one out in front of her and broke for the lead while she was distracted, giving him the win. [https://youtu.be/FREoBUHHF8k?t=622 In a different telling], the suitor would get a head start and Atalanta, armed and armored, would chase the suitor down and kill him on the spot if she got to the suitor before the suitor got to the race end point (It's not clear if it's a finish line or a wall that needs to be touched or what).
* The idea for [[Red Sonja]] herself was taken from Aoife of [[Celtic Mythology|Irish mythology]] via a [[William Butler Yeats]] play, though as noted there are examples considerably older with this.
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