Slymenstra Hymen

At the beginning of GWAR, referred to as "GWAR Woman", Slymenstra Hymen was the first official female member of GWAR. During GWAR live shows, she would dance occasionally and would regularly perform a fire eating act during which she would blow fireballs into the air which would, at times, spread out upon the low drop-ceilings of smaller venues.

She's known for her fire dance during live shows, in which she'd, well, dance with fire and occasionally eat it. This talent has earned the person who plays her, Danielle Stampe, multiple world records.

Slymenstra has sung lead on 3 Gwar songs: "Fire In the Loins" on *Ragnarok*, "Don't Need a Man" on *Carnival Of Chaos*, and "My Girly Ways" on *We Kill Everything.*

## Design

She has a more human-like design then most other characters. Her face is full white face paint with black along her eyes and mouth. She has a big black streak down her neck to her stomach. She's usually depicted with blood running out from her crotch area and down her legs, to simulate mensuration, which is what her character name comes from.

Her armor is rather simple, two spikey shoulder pads, spikey wrist bands, and metal spiked boots. Her costume hasn't ever undergone massive changes, as there's not much to it. There might be subtle differences depending what album era it is.

## Lore/Personality

In Gwar lore, Slymenstra hails from the planet Clitosphere, a peaceful planet ruled by women. She is largely responsible for keeping GWAR's slaves under control. She often refers to herself as a goddess, and doesn't let anyone treat her any other way. In most Gwar media she's shown to have a massive distaste for men, or anyone who takes a liking to her. She expects to be admired and worshipped. She has a snobby attitude, and is shown as more of a jerk, like most other Gwar members.

## Character Info.

Character Info/bio (taken from the *This Toilet Earth* CD booklet)

> `*NAME: Slymenstra Hymen*`
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> `*INSTRUMENT: Scissors*`
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> `*AGE: A woman never reveals her age unless it's a lie.*`
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> *`DATE OF BIRTH: I don't celebrate birthdays; they're something I'd rather forget!`*
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> `*HEIGHT: I tower above thee, down on your knees spit shining my lovely boots.*`
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> `*WEIGHT: None of your business! Off to aerobics class then I'll go have a cheesecake.*`
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> `*EYE COLOR: Green-eyed lady; the eyes are the mirror of the soul.*`
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> `*HOME PLANET: Clitosphere*`
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> `*FAVORITE COLOR: The light emitting from a freshly devoured body*`
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>    `*FAVORITE T.V. SHOW: Let the tube be broken*`
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> `*FAVORITE MOVIE: Santa Sangre, The Fourth Man*`
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> `*FAVORITE DRINK: The blood of a young boy*`
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> *`FAVORITE SPORT: Man juggiling...it takes years of high attitude training`*
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> `*HOBBIES: Flesh kneading, setting traps for man's ruin, gossip, stealing your boyfriend, man hatred*`
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> `*LAST BOOK READ: The Story of an Eye, Georges Battelle, recited to me by a young boy who became to embarrassed to continue.*`
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> `*LAST BOOK WRITTEN: Setting Myself Up to Fall, Total Ego Press, 347 B.C. The inside personal view of the banal and insipid details of my angry and brutal pain ridden existence.*`
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> `*LAST ORIFIACE VIOLATED: My own*`
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> `*FAVORITE CELEBRITY: Mozart*`
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> `*WHEN I GET MAD I: Simply displace my aggression on the nearest whipping boy*`
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> `*DREAM OR GOALS: To heal the planet, but since that's a lost cause, to be on a planet of beautiful, strong, independent women with no men around to cock-block me*`
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> `*PHILOSOPHY: A creature of terminal vanity, I love myself. What more needs to be said then "Get out of my way"?*`
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> `*WHAT SHAMES ME: I don't understand the question*`
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> `*ON DATES I LIKE TO: I wouldn't know - men never ask me out. My beauty and intelligence terrifies them. They fear an emotional and spiritual death at the thought of union. Cowards!*`
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> `*QUOTE: "There is no way to know death than to link it with licentious image."*`
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> *`MY SPONSOR: "Full On Flow" Tampons`*
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## Who Plays Her?

In the early days of Gwar, the band had 3 other female members come and go, the first being The Temptress (Heather Broome) in 1986; Amazina (Colette Miller) from 1986 to 1987; and Gwar Woman (Lisa Harrelson) from 1987 to 1988. Danielle Stampe joined in joined in 1988 and gave the character the name "Slymenstra Hymen" and stayed with the band up until 2000.

## Miscellaneous

* She is the longest female member in Gwar
* Daneille Stampe says she wanted to pick a name based on something that scares men and has bad stigma surrounding it, so she chose the name "Slymenstra Hymen" based off of menstruation.
* Slymenstra's nickname is "Slimey"