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* Eorache of ''[[Bored of the Rings]]'', as a parody of [[Lord of the Rings|Eowyn]], a Germanic warrior-maiden.

* In ''[[Discworld/The Fifth Elephant|The Fifth Elephant]]'', Vimes' wife sings part of a very famous dwarf opera, at which point Vimes mentions that given a winged helmet and a horse, she'd have no problem ferrying dead warriors off the battlefield.

** Her Brawn Hilda status was established even earlier, in ''[[Discworld/Guards Guards|Guards Guards]]'', when it is mentioned in passing that her proportions were such that ancient cultures would have worshipped her as a fertility goddess. (Look at a [http://witcombe.sbc.edu/willendorf/willendorfwoman.html Stone Age fertility idol] and you'll see what we mean.)

** Her Brawn Hilda status was established even earlier, in ''[[Discworld/Guards! Guards!|Guards Guards]]'', when it is mentioned in passing that her proportions were such that ancient cultures would have worshipped her as a fertility goddess. (Look at a [http://witcombe.sbc.edu/willendorf/willendorfwoman.html Stone Age fertility idol] and you'll see what we mean.)

** There's sort of a stereotype in British literature (but sometimes American works, too) of having a female gym instructor be like this—in the [[Discworld]] book ''[[Discworld/Soul Music|Soul Music]]'', the protagonist sees an actual [[Valkyries]] whom she imagines as looking like her gym mistress.

* Honoria Glossop, Cora Bellinger ("Pretty massive. In shape, a bit on the lines of the [http://www.broadwayworld.com/columnpic/RoyalAlbertHall-exterior11.jpg Albert Hall]"), and Madeleine Bassett's friend Hilda (!) Gudgeon in [[P. G. Wodehouse|PG Wodehouse]]'s ''[[Jeeves and Wooster (novel)|Jeeves and Wooster]]'' stories.

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