Shield maidens and the heroic genre

[Vardamar]

Ok here are some mythological shieldmaiden figures. All from the Greek myth, as I know them better then the Bible.

Here is some stuff I remembered from mythology. It’s from the story of Atalanta.
As it appears in my book of myths by Edith Hamilton.

To Atalanta, however, it was only the beginning of her adventures. Some say that she sailed with the Argonauts: others that Jason persuaded her not to do so. She is never mentioned in the story of their exploits and she was certainly not one to hold back when deeds of daring were to be done, so that it seems probable that she did not go. The next time we hear of her is after the Argonauts returned, when Meadea had killed Jason’s uncle Pelias under the pretext of restoring him to youth. At the funeral games held in his honor Atalanta appeared among the contestants, and in the wrestling match conquered the young man who was to be the father of Achilles, the great hero Peleus.

Lets not forget the goddess Athena goddess of wisdom and war, who wore the breastplate Aegis, and on the front of her shield was to head of a Gorgon.

And Artemis the hunter was also shieldmaidenish