10 mythical female warriors to watch out for

Triple warrior goddess: Morrígan, Badb, and Macha

Kali

Artemis

Sekhmet

Atalanta

Freyja

Demeter

Penthesilea the Amazon Queen's sister

Athena

Durga

And a modern mythical warrior

is a toss up between:

Wonder Woman

Red Sonja

10 mythical male warriors to watch out for

Thor

Jason

Beowulf

King Arthur

Robin Hood

Gilgamesh

Odysseus

Minamoto Yoshitsune 

Achilles

Perseus

And a modern mythological warrior in the making

Conan The Barbarian

The fictional dads boy's often choose

Whether or not the fictional Dad is actually a dad is not what's important. Here, what is important is how real little boys see or saw the male fictional character. Unbeknownst to many an actual Dad, their little boy actually chooses another (or several) role model or wish fulfilment father amongst the long list of adult male fictional characters available. Listed here are but a few of the more popular. It should also be noted that there are even more characters being chosen by the current young generations, both as heroes to try to be and as secondary fathers. Only time will tell who will be the most popular.

Homer Simpson

Dr Who

Charlie Chaplin

Cliff Huxtable

Philip Banks a.k.a "Uncle Phil"

Geoffrey Barbara or "G"

Al Bundy

Darth Vadar

Sherlock Holmes

Gomez Addams

Spock

Gandalf

Batman

James Bond

Han Solo

Arnold Schwarzenegger, usually as Terminator or Dutch from Predator

Dr Jones

Indiana Jones

10 unusually strong female figures in kid's and young adult's fiction

There has been a great influx of strong female characters into fiction over the last few decades but it has taken a while for them to be main characters and free from stereotyping. I made the below list to show that strength can be found in different ways, but mostly through force of character. This force of character alone is what allows them to be centre stage or important to any story.
The below is just the beginning and a good place to start when searching for strong female characters to act as role models for young minds.

Alice from Alice in Wonderland

Dorothy from The Wizard Of Oz

Harriet from Harriet The Spy

Hermione Granger from the Harry Potter series

Lyra Silvertongue from His Dark Materials trilogy

Jennifer Strange from The Last Dragonslayer series

Coraline from Coraline

Matilda Wormwood from Matilda

Pippi Longstocking from the Pippi Longstocking series

Madeleine from the Madeleine series