The female equivalent of the male hero is the "heroine".

A number of games will feature a female character as an ally or sidekick to the male hero.

These emphasized a departure from the traditional white male hero.

To be sure, there is a small measure of preening in the resurrected male hero.

In the world of the sagas, women can be both honorable and remorseless, much like the male heroes.

Here we have a black prince and a white 'blackamoor', a male hero but a female lead.

A successful formula featuring a strong heroine, rather than a male hero, that he used in many of his stories.

We're in an age when white male heroes on horseback are not so popular.

No male hero could ever be played as an unmitigated nerd.

The 25 pieces are all of male spiritual heroes known as jinas.