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* [[Midori Snyder]] ''New Moon'' (1989)
* [[Midori Snyder]] ''New Moon'' (1989)
* [[Midori Snyder]] ''Sadar's Keep'' (1991)
* [[Midori Snyder]] ''Sadar's Keep'' (1991)
* [[Midori Snyder]] ''Beldan's Fire'' (1993) (a quartet of novels about 4 women who fulfill a religio-political prophecy & free their people)
* [[Midori Snyder]] ''Beldan's Fire'' (1993) (a quartet of novels about 4 women who fulfill a religio-political prophecy
* [[Sheri S. Tepper]] ''Singer from the Sea''
* [[Jane Yolen]] ''Sister Light Sister Dark''
 
* [[Sydney Bristow]], "[[Alias (TV series)|Alias]]" (term "chosen one" used in episode 3x11 "Full Disclosure"
* [[Whale Rider (film)|Whale Rider]] (2002)
 
==other possible suggestions==
* [[Gael Baudino]] -- some of her works, surely?
* Clemen, James. WIT'CH series
* [[Nicola Griffith]] ''Ammonite''
* Horwood, William. Second Duncton Wood series: ''Duncton Tales'', ''Duncton Rising'', ''Duncton Stone''. But Privet doesn't fulfill a prophecy.
* [[Robin McKinley]] ''The Blue Sword''
* [[Elizabeth Moon]]  ''Paksennarion'' - fulfills a prophecy?
* [[Terry Pratchett]] ''Equal Rites'' -- the 8th son of an 8th son turns out to be a daughter ... not exactly prophecied ...
* [[Elizabeth Scarborough]]
 
 
[[Category:Characterization|Chosen One]]
[[Category:Themes|Chosen One]]

Revision as of 10:57, 14 July 2007

The Chosen One ... is female. Including works where a woman fulfills a prophecy, religious or heroic, or otherwise, I guess.

  • "Anamnesis" (Millennium episode 2x19) - a teenage girl who is having visions of the Magdalene, or the Virgin Mary
  • Gorman Bechard. The Second Greatest Story Ever Told (1991). God's latest kid is a girl.
  • Suzette Haden Elgin Star Anchored, Star Angered - Drussa Silver is a messiah figure.
  • Elizabeth Hand Waking the Moon
  • Elizabeth Haydon Rhapsody
  • Elizabeth Haydon Prophecy
  • P. C. Hodgell Godstalk series: Godstalk, Dark of the Moon, Seeker's Mask - protagonist is one of a trinity; female is The Destroyer of the trinity
  • Ursula K. Le Guin The Tombs of Atuan. Tenar, the protagonist, is The Eaten One, discovered via a Dalai Lama like search.
  • James Morrow Only Begotten Daughter. Another sequel to The New Testament, with a daughter. Deeply satirical.
  • Andre Norton and Sasha Miller. To the King a Daughter (2000)
  • Andre Norton and Mercedes Lackey. Elvenbane
  • Andre Norton and Mercedes Lackey. Elvenblood
  • Midori Snyder New Moon (1989)
  • Midori Snyder Sadar's Keep (1991)
  • Midori Snyder Beldan's Fire (1993) (a quartet of novels about 4 women who fulfill a religio-political prophecy
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