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In her back story Hyppolyta is the reincarnated soul of a cavewoman murdered by her mate (Vandal Savage).
What was the cavewomans name?
Hi, Richard - thanks for your question!
Vandal Savage was not the mate of the unnamed cave woman. No canon indicators point to this in any story or known DC communication. It appears that some have taken sequential panels from "History of the DC Universe" and not read the text properly. I have also read on message boards that someone said "if it were up to me" and recommended that course and others have simply taken that as fact and repeated it around the internet.
Neither the caveman, cavewoman nor her unborn child had actual names, as it was intended by George Perez (and, possibly, Marv Wolfman who was George's writing partner at the time) that the first of the Amazons be a woman who existed before language had really been developed, the first female victim of man's injustice - as was her unborn daughter - who would both be first among the Gods' new creations.
Hope that helps - let me know if you have any other questions!
Pax, harmonia,
Brian G. Philbin
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