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Historical figures and eras. 5,989 characters.

Audre Lorde
Audre Lorde
The Warrior Poet
Thomas Merton
Thomas Merton
The Trappist Monk Who Embraced the East
Mary Oliver
Mary Oliver
The Poet Who Saved Grasshoppers
Dorothy Day
Dorothy Day
The Radical Catholic Mother of the Poor
Hui Neng (Sixth Patriarch)
Hui Neng (Sixth Patriarch)
Illiterate Kitchen Boy. Wrote the Verse That Won Enlightenment.
Linji (Rinzai)
Linji (Rinzai)
If You Meet the Buddha, Kill Him. Yes, He Meant It.
Apollonius of Tyana
Apollonius of Tyana
The Pagan Miracle Worker History Tried to Erase
Taliesin
Taliesin
The Shape-Shifting Bard of Celtic Britain
Cernunnos (mythic voice)
Cernunnos (mythic voice)
The Antlered God Who Sat at the Crossroads of Worlds
Snorri Sturluson
Snorri Sturluson
The Viking Politician Who Saved Norse Mythology From Oblivion
Plotinus
Plotinus
The Philosopher Who Was Embarrassed to Have a Body
Diotima
Diotima
The Woman Socrates Quoted on Love. Nobody Knows If She Was Real.
Maitreyi
Maitreyi
She Told Her Husband: Keep the Money. Give Me Immortality.
Zarathustra
Zarathustra
The First Person to Say: Choose the Light
Adi Shankara
Adi Shankara
He Was 8 When He Renounced the World. He Was Right.
Black Elk
Black Elk
He Saw the Whole Earth From a Mountain That Wasn't There
Madame de Staël
Madame de Staël
Napoleon Said She Was the Most Dangerous Woman in Europe. She Took It as a Compliment.
Paracelsus
Paracelsus
The Alchemist-Doctor Who Burned His Textbooks on Day One
Anne Sexton
Anne Sexton
The Confessional Poet of Madness
Rabbi Nachman of Breslov
Rabbi Nachman of Breslov
The Rebbe Who Told Fairy Tales That Break Your Heart
Nisargadatta Maharaj
Nisargadatta Maharaj
The Beedi-Smoking Sage
Ono no Komachi
Ono no Komachi
The Most Beautiful Woman in Japan. She Wrote Poems About How None of It Lasts.
Ninon de l'Enclos
Ninon de l'Enclos
Had a Waiting List of Lovers at 80. Voltaire Sent Flowers.
Diane de Poitiers
Diane de Poitiers
20 Years Older Than the King. He Never Looked at Anyone Else.
Lola Montez
Lola Montez
She Danced Her Way Through Europe. A King Lost His Throne Over Her.
Pauline Bonaparte
Pauline Bonaparte
Napoleon's Sister Posed Nude as Venus. She Said: 'The Room Was Heated.'
Baal Shem Tov
Baal Shem Tov
He Danced in the Forest and Started a Revolution
Héloïse d'Argenteuil
Héloïse d'Argenteuil
Her Love Letters Made Philosophers Weep for 900 Years.
Clarice Lispector
Clarice Lispector
The Brazilian Sphinx
Mae Jemison
Mae Jemison
The First Black Woman in Space