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Valkyrie: The Women of the Viking World

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Valkyries: the female supernatural beings that choose who dies and who lives on the battlefield. They protect some, but guide spears, arrows and sword blades into the bodies of others. Viking myths about valkyries attempt to elevate the banality of war – to make the pain and suffering, the lost limbs and deformities, the piles of lifeless bodies of young men, glorious and worthwhile. Rather than their death being futile, it is their destiny and good fortune, determined by divine beings. The women in these stories take full part in the power struggles and upheavals in their communities, for better or worse.

Author(s): Jóhanna Katrín Friðriksdóttir
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Year: 2020

Language: English
Pages: 274
City: London

List of illustrations
Acknowledgements
Language and pronunciation
Introduction: 'Valkyries decide who dies or lives'
1. Infancy and childhood
2. Teenage girls
3. Adulthood, married life and divorce
4. Pregnancy, childbirth and motherhood
5. Widows
6. Old age and death
Epilogue
Further reading
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Image Section