Shield-maiden
Female warrior in Norse folklore and mythology / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A shield-maiden (Old Norse: skjaldmær [ˈskjɑldˌmæːr]) was a female warrior from Scandinavian folklore and mythology.
The term Old Norse: skjaldmær most often shows up in fornaldarsögur such as Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks. However, female warriors are also mentioned in the Latin work Gesta Danorum.[1] Both the fornaldarsögur and Gesta Danorum were written after the Viking Age and are considered fictional. Earlier reports of fighting women occur in some Roman sources from Late Antiquity.[2] They are often associated with the mythical Valkyries, which may have inspired the shieldmaidens.[3] They may have also been inspired by accounts of Amazons.