Godiva (disambiguation)

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:

• Godiva (band), a Swiss heavy metal band
• Godiva (comics), the name of three DC Comics characters
• Lady Godiva (film), a 2008 British romantic comedy film
• Godiva (gastropod), a genus of nudibranchs (sea slugs)
• Godiva (poem), a poem by Alfred Tennyson
• "Lady Godiva" (song), a 1966 song by Peter and Gordon, notably covered by Alex Day
• 3018 Godiva, an asteroid
• Godiva Chocolatier, a chocolate maker
• Godiva Festival, an annual festival of pop music held in July in the War Memorial Park, Coventry, England
• Godiva's, a Canadian television series depicting a small restaurant in Vancouver
• Godiva device, an experimental nuclear reactor at the Los Alamos National Laboratory that caused a criticality accident in 1954
• "Godiva", a song by Heaven Shall Burn from the 2013 album Veto

See also

• Godiva's Hymn, traditional drinking song for engineers
• 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", song by The Velvet Underground
• Lady Godiva in popular culture