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Godiva or Lady Godiva was an Anglo-Saxon noblewoman who, according to legend, rode naked through the streets of Coventry, in England, in order to gain a remission of the oppressive taxation imposed by her husband on his tenants.

Godiva or Lady Godiva may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Films and television

• Lady Godiva (1911 film), an American silent historical drama film
• Lady Godiva (1921 film), a German silent historical drama film
• Lady Godiva (2008 film), a British romantic comedy film
• Godiva's, a Canadian television series depicting a small restaurant in Vancouver

Music

• Godiva's Hymn, traditional drinking song for engineers
• Godiva Festival, an annual festival of pop music held in July in the War Memorial Park, Coventry, England
• Godiva (album), a 2003 album by Godiva
• "Lady Godiva" (song), a 1966 song by Peter and Gordon, notably covered by Alex Day
• "Godiva", a song by Heaven Shall Burn from the 2013 album Veto

Other arts

• Godiva (comics), the name of three DC Comics characters
• "Godiva" (poem), an 1842 poem by Alfred Tennyson
• Lady Godiva (painting), an 1898 painting by John Collier

Others

• Godiva (gastropod), a genus of nudibranchs (sea slugs)
• Godiva (horse), a racehorse
• 3018 Godiva, an asteroid
• Godiva Chocolatier, a chocolate maker
• Godiva device, an experimental nuclear reactor at the Los Alamos National Laboratory that caused a criticality accident in 1954
• Kohm Lady Godiva, a 1980s United States human-powered aircraft

See also

• Lady Godiva syndrome or exhibitionism
• Lady Godiva Memorial Bnad (sic), organization of University of Toronto engineering students
• Lady Godiva of Coventry, an American historical film released in 1955
• Lady Godiva Rides Again, British comedy film released in 1951
• "Lady Godiva's Operation", a 1968 song by The Velvet Underground
• Lady Godiva in popular culture