- ****ociated with the
mythical Valkyries,
which may have
inspired the
shieldmaidens. They may have also been
inspired by
accounts of Amazons. The term Shield-maiden...
- time, Saxo
thought of
women only as ****ual beings. To him, the
Viking shieldmaidens who
refused this role were an
example of the
disorder in old heathen...
-
members of his entourage, his attendants/handmaidens/shield bearers/
shieldmaidens,
Astrape and Bronte.
Because of his
years of
faithful service to Zeus...
- of the Rings. She is a
noblewoman of
Rohan who
describes herself as a
shieldmaiden. With the
hobbit Merry Brandybuck, she
rides into
battle and
kills the...
- Éowyn
narrates the story, and
tells how the
story of Héra, a would-be
shieldmaiden of
Rohan and the
daughter of King Helm Hammerhand, will not be remembered...
- may also have been
active within military offices: the
tales about shieldmaidens are unconfirmed, but some
archaeological finds such as the
Birka female...
- Slav, Hroi
Whitebeard and
Hothbrodd the
Indomitable as well as 300
shieldmaidens led by Hed,
Visna of the
Slavs and Hedborg.
Sigurd recruited the legendary...
- warriors: his
brother Rollo, his son Björn Ironside, and his wives—the
shieldmaiden Lagertha and the
princess Aslaug. Vikings:
Valhalla portrays Leif and...
- may also have been
active within military office: the
stories about shieldmaidens are unconfirmed, but some
archaeological finds such as the
Birka female...
- out five
warriors to aid her quest.
After recruiting her friend, the
shieldmaiden Hervor, and Leif's slave, the poet Egill, they s**** out a witch. The...
