Jean Lafitte: The Pirate Who Saved America (Pirate History Explained)
Jean Lafitte may technically have been responsible for the repelling of the British Invasion on the shores of Louisiana, but he was never credited with such a feat because of his pirating ways.
Pocahontas didn't meet the white settlers with resentment and violence, but instead with compassion and love. She would even stand in the way of her own father and chief to save the life of one colonist and was said to become well liked and adored by the English settlers.
Hattori Hanzō began his life out as a samurai, but through family ties and the implementation of guerrilla warfare, he would adopt the ways of the ninja. Under the service of Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu he would be given his very own ninja clan.
The Onna Bugeisha were considered to be the women trained in the sword, the bow and arrow, but mostly the naginata. They were deployed for the safe keeping of the home, but there are some warriors who were deployed into the battle field to fight alongside the men.
Egill Skallagrimsson was an unruly child with a natural gift for poetry. In fact, his gift would one day get him out of an execution with Eric Bloodaxe. It can't be said for sure whether he was real or not, but his story from the sagas is nonetheless compelling.
Bartholomew Roberts was considered to be the most successful pirate who ever lived, and that's no exaggeration. He dominated the seas and would be remembered as the last pirates to close the curtain on the golden age of piracy.
Today we look at Judah Loew ben Bezalel and the legend surrounding his creation of the Golem, a being that protected Jewish people during times of strife... but also was said to go on a mad killing spree.