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She has existed, in one form or another, in folklore and myth in nearly all cultures. Some of the earliest examples include Judeo-Christian characters [[Lilith]], [[Eve]], [[Delilah]] and [[Salomé]]. With the introduction of [[film noir]] in the [[1940s]], the femme fatale began to flourish in [[pop culture]]. Examples include [[espionage]] [[thriller]]s, and in a number of [[adventure]] [[comic strips]], such as ''[[The Spirit]]'' by [[Will Eisner]], or ''[[Terry and the Pirates]]'' by [[Milton Caniff]].
In the [[Anglo-Saxon]] world, she is often of foreign extraction. She is often portrayed as a sort of sexual [[vampire]]; her dark appetites were thought to be able to leach away the virility and independence of her lovers, leaving them shells of their former selves. Only by escaping her embraces could the hero be rescued. On this account, in earlier [[American English|American]] [[slang]] ''femmes fatales'' were often called "
This stock character is celebrated in the song ''Femme Fatale'' by [[The Velvet Underground]].
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*[[Medea]]
*[[Lilith]]
*''[[La Belle Dame Sans Merci]]'' by [[John Keats]]▼
*[[Morgan le Fay]]
=== Historical figures ===
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