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* In Dante's ''[[Divine Comedy]]'', the seven virtues appear as beautiful maidens dancing around Beatrice's chariot in her triumphal procession at the end of Purgatory.
* From [[Terry Pratchett]]'s [[Discworld]]: In the country of Lancre, one family went and named their daughters after the Seven Heavenly Virtues, Faith, Hope, Charity, Prudence so forth. And out of a misinformed sense of continuity, named their sons along the lines of Bestiality, Anger (among others). Subverted, because each of the daughters came to embody the sin opposite of her virtuous name. Meanwhile, despite everything else, Anger is a kind and calm man, while his brother Bestiality is kind to animals.
** In ''[[Discworld/Going Postal|Going Postal]]'', the (now) Eight Virtues are Fortitude, Patience, Chastity, Charity, Hope, Silence, Tubso and Bissonomy. Few people practice Tubso and Bissonomy in the busy modern world, because no-one remembers what they are.▼
▲In ''[[Discworld/Going Postal|Going Postal]]'', the (now) Eight Virtues are Fortitude, Patience, Chastity, Charity, Hope, Silence, Tubso and Bissonomy. Few people practice Tubso and Bissonomy in the busy modern world, because no-one remembers what they are.
* The ''Psychomachia'' (The Battle for the Soul of Man), by the Latin poet Prudentius, was written to depict the battle between the virtues and vices for the souls of mankind. Faith fights [Paganism], Chastity fights Lust, Patience [[Sheathe Your Sword|'fights']] Wrath, and so on.
* ''The Allegory of Love'' by [[C. S. Lewis|CS Lewis]] references many of the virtues listed in ''Psychomachia''. Among them are: Orthodoxy, Humility, Patience, and Self-Control in opposition to, respectively: Discord, Pride, Wrath, and Luxury.
* In Garth Nix’s ''[[Keys to the Kingdom]]'' series, the Seven Heavenly Virtues are exemplified by the seven pieces of the Will, although an alternate system is used with the four Cardinal Virtues and the three Theological virtues. In order of appearance; Fortitude, Prudence, Faith, Justice, Temperance, Charity, and Hope. These characters are highly unbalanced and are supposed to become more reasonable as they merge into one entity.
** Dame Primus, the entity they merge into, is nothing of the sort at first. Charity's joining her does make a bit of an impact though. {{spoiler|And when Hope joins in, she becomes God.}}▼
▲Dame Primus, the entity they merge into, is nothing of the sort at first. Charity's joining her does make a bit of an impact though. {{spoiler|And when Hope joins in, she becomes God.}}
* The ''[[Anne of Green Gables]]'' books contain a passing reference to a woman who named her three daughters Faith, Hope, and Charity: "Faith didn't believe in anything, Hope was a born pessimist, and Charity was a miser."
* The three theological virtues are poisonous to [[Our Vampires Are Different|the White Court]] in ''[[The Dresden Files]]''. They are also embodied by the three swords wielded by the Knights of the Cross: Fidelacchius (faith), Esperacchius (hope), and Amoracchius (love).
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