- ****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...
- may also have been
active within military offices: the
tales about shieldmaidens are unconfirmed, but some
archaeological finds such as the
Birka female...
-
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...
- 13th-century Tale of
Ragnar Lodbrok,
Aslaug was the
daughter of
Sigurd and the
shieldmaiden Brynhildr, but was
raised by Brynhildr's
foster father Heimer. At the...
- may also have been
active within military office: the
stories about shieldmaidens are unconfirmed, but some
archaeological finds such as the
Birka female...
- warriors: his
brother Rollo, his son Björn Ironside, and his wives—the
shieldmaiden Lagertha and the
princess Aslaug. Vikings:
Valhalla portrays Leif and...
-
mixed reviews from critics. Éowyn
narrates the
story of Héra, a would-be
shieldmaiden of
Rohan and the
daughter of King Helm
Hammerhand who
lived around 200...
