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The Fate of the Real Lagertha: What Happened to the Woman Behind the Myth in the Vikings Series
The Vikings series, acclaimed for its intense and dramatic portrayal of Norse history ... she might be an amalgamation of several Viking women whose deeds were merged into a single heroic narrative.
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Meet the women who terrified the Vikings
Little is known about the Völva - which means “staff bearer” in Old Norse - but historians ... “There were some rules in Viking society providing women with a little bit more privileged ...
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Meet the Vi-queens! Women take part in historic Up Helly Aa Viking festival as hundreds join torchlight procession in Shetland
Up Helly Aa in Lerwick, Shetland, began in the 1880s but only allowed women and girls ... The members don Viking-style clothing for the event, which celebrates Shetland's Norse heritage.
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What You Don’t Know About the Vikings
They brought Norse laws with them and ruled for nearly ... Kjellström discovered that the man was in fact a woman. This nameless Viking woman seems to have commanded the respect of many Viking ...
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Why Scottish women and Icelanders are closely linked
It's easy to think that the Viking world was dominated by bearded, macho men, but that assumption is wrong. Both ancient 'Norse Sagas' and archaeological discoveries suggest that women actually ...
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Historic annual Up Helly Aa fire festival blazes back in Scotland to celebrate Norse heritage - with women and girls allowed for only the second time
The event today marks only the second time that women and girls ... held to celebrate the Norse period on the Shetland Islands which lasts for around 600 years. The Vikings first landed on ...