shield-maiden
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- Etymology and meaning
- Shield-maidens in literature
- Brynhildr Buðladóttir and Guðrún Gjúkadóttir
- Historical existence
- Archaeology
- Historical accounts
- In popular culture
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|350px|right|Hervor dying after the Hlǫðskviða by [[Peter Nicolai Arbo]]
A shield-maiden ( ) was a female warrior from Nordic folklore and Norse mythology.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “shield-maiden” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.