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<blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 7980955" data-attributes="member: 6801228">Random note because Khutulun is one of my favorite historical figures (My information comes from the research of Jason Porath, and his entry for her from &quot;Rejected Princesses&quot;, which you should check out if you haven't)We don't know who she ended up marrying, but we actually do know they did not actually beat her in wrestling. She ended up marrying because of political and social pressure, because her refusal to lower her standards was causing problems for her Father (whom she loved and respected as far as we can tell) who was trying to help hold their country together by allowing people to spread rumors about the &quot;real&quot; reason she wouldn't take a husband (everything from her actually sleeping with her father to her sleeping with everyone, you get the idea) .Additionally, she is the only woman to ever be mentioned as holding a &quot;gergee&quot; or &quot;paiza&quot;: a silver medallion that the Great Khan would bestow upon individuals to show &quot;the power&quot; of whomever held it. Also, not sure how true this is, but I love the idea, to quote: &quot;Mongolia continues to honor Khutulun to this day. The traditional outfit worn by Mongolian wrestlers is conspicuously open-chest - to show that the wrestler is not a woman, in deference to the undefeated Khutulun.&quot; (Porath, Rejected Princesses, pg 3)Which, is just bad-ass, if it is true. To be good enough at a man's sport that they change the uniform out of respect of your skill.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chaosmancer, post: 7980955, member: 6801228"] Random note because Khutulun is one of my favorite historical figures (My information comes from the research of Jason Porath, and his entry for her from "Rejected Princesses", which you should check out if you haven't) We don't know who she ended up marrying, but we actually do know they did not actually beat her in wrestling. She ended up marrying because of political and social pressure, because her refusal to lower her standards was causing problems for her Father (whom she loved and respected as far as we can tell) who was trying to help hold their country together by allowing people to spread rumors about the "real" reason she wouldn't take a husband (everything from her actually sleeping with her father to her sleeping with everyone, you get the idea) . Additionally, she is the only woman to ever be mentioned as holding a "[I]gergee[/I]" or "[I]paiza[/I]": a silver medallion that the Great Khan would bestow upon individuals to show "the power" of whomever held it. Also, not sure how true this is, but I love the idea, to quote: "Mongolia continues to honor Khutulun to this day. The traditional outfit worn by Mongolian wrestlers is conspicuously open-chest - to show that the wrestler is not a woman, in deference to the undefeated Khutulun." (Porath, Rejected Princesses, pg 3) Which, is just bad-ass, if it is true. To be good enough at a man's sport that they change the uniform out of respect of your skill. [/QUOTE]

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