User blog comment:Julez117/All RWBY Allusions/Speculations/@comment-10390252-20131120114824

Monty said that JNPR are gender-swapped mythic figures

Jaune - Joan of Arc

Nora - Thor (look at the symbol - thunderbolts and a hammer)

Pyrrha - Ares (look at the symbol - it's the astrological symbol for Mars/Ares)

Ren - I'm stumped; Mulan?