- ****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...
- warriors: his
brother Rollo, his son Björn Ironside, and his wives—the
shieldmaiden Lagertha and the
princess Aslaug. Vikings:
Valhalla portrays Leif and...
-
Germany and Ireland, and
three hundred female soldiers, so-called
Shieldmaidens, were on Harald's side; the most
famous one,
besides Visna and Harald's...
- 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...
-
members of his entourage, his attendants/handmaidens/shield bearers/
shieldmaidens,
Astrape and Bronte.
Because of his
years of
faithful service to Zeus...
- may also have been
active within military offices: the
tales about shieldmaidens are unconfirmed, but some
archaeological finds such as the
Birka female...
-
queen Brunhilda of Austrasia. In the
Norse tradition,
Brunhild is a
shieldmaiden or valkyrie, who
appears as a main
character in the Völsunga saga and...
- It
describes Ragnar's rise to fame, his
marriages (including to the
shieldmaiden Lagertha and the
noblewoman Thora Borgarhjort), and his
legendary deeds...
-
clever strategems (including one
where he
crossdresses as one of his own
shieldmaidens).
After some
trouble at home he
campaigns successfully in
Britain and...
